Linux 2.1.119

[Doug Ledford]

W. Wade, Hampton wrote:
> 
> Folks, as 2.1 is nearing the end of its beta phase and I want to
> test better SMP, I am attempting to use the 2.1 kernel series.
> 2.1.119 appears to be somewhat better than 2.1.117, however I am
> experiencing the following:
> 
>         DELL Workstation 400, dual PII/300
>         AHA2940UW card, bios v1.23
> 
>         RedHat 5.1 with patches, 2.1.119 kernel, SMP enabled
> 
>         SCSI 0 - SEAGATE ST19171W 9G UW
>         SCSI 5 - NEC CD-ROM 464 (fast, not wide)
> 
> When booting 2.1.119, during the probe phase, I get  a
> parity error during probe of ID 5.  The kernel then IDs the
> device as another SEAGATE SCSI disk, not a CD-ROM.
> After the probe, I get disk refusing 16-bit transfers, using
> 8 bit (for device 5, i.e., the CD-ROM).
> 
>    AHA-294X Ultra SCSI found at PCI 9/0
>    Wide Channe, SCSI ID7, 16/255 SCBS
>     ...
>    Adaptec AHA274X/284X/294X (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.0.20/3.2.4
>    ..
>     Vendor:  SEAGATE mModel ST19171....
> .
>    Detected scsi disk sda...  using wide...sync at 20 MHz
>    (scsi0:0:5:0) Parity error during phase command
>    Vendor:  SEAGATE   Model:  ST19171....  <-- the info reported by ID
> 0!
>     ...
>     SCSI disk SDB at ...
>     scsi : aborting command due to timeout: pid 15 scsi0, chanel 0, id
> 5, lun 1
>     Test unit ready 20 00 00 00 00
>     SCSI host 0 abort (pid 15) timed out - resetting
>     SCSI bus is being res t for host 0 channel 0
>     (scsi0:0:5:0) Refusing WIDE negotiation; using 8 bit tansfers
>     ...
> 
> I did get the CD-ROM working once under 2.1.119, but
> when I rebooted, it no longer worked.  This occurs with
> both a cold boot and a reboot.
> 
> 2.0.34 works file (2.0.35 has the timeout/retry problems
> hence is not usable).  With 2.0.34, I get:
>     scsi0:0:0:0 using wide transfers....
>     scsi0:0:5:0 Refusing WIDE negotiation; using 8 bit transfers
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.  If you have any patches
> or fixes to try, let me know and I'll try to test them next
> week.  I'll be happy to use this system for testing to try to
> get this darn SCSI card to work properly!

Please try the 5.1.0-pre10 patch I just uploaded to my ftp site.

-- 

 Doug Ledford  <dledford at dialnet.net>
  Opinions expressed are my own, but
     they should be everybody's.

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