AHA2940U problem

[Daniel M. Eischen]

> I'm new to this list, so I haven't seen any previous discussion on point.
> 
> RH 5.0, kernel 2.0.32-3
> aic7xxx.c v 1.119 1997/06/27 19:39:18 gibbs

[ ... ]
> The disribution kernel works properly but I have problems when
> I use a custom kernel. When I use kernel config:

[...]

> Warning - detection auto-termination. Please verify driver detected
> settings and use manual termination if necessary.

Try using manual termination also.

> Single channel, SCSI ID 7, 16/16 SCBs, QFull 16, QMask 0x1f.
> scsi1: Adaptec AHA274X/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSCI) 4.1/3.2
> Kernel panic: aic7xxx: AWAITING_MSG for an SCB that does not have a
> waiting message.
> Aiee: scheduling an interrupt 0016c224
>
> I get the last line several times, then the machine hangs.

Try using a standard released kernel.  If you're on the 2.0.x
series, then try using 2.0.33 or subsequent from one of the
Linux mirror sites (I usually use ftp.kernel.org).

> Where would I find Doug Ledfords patches?

ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/2.0.33/aic7xxx-5.0.14.patch.gz

Dan Eischen
deischen at iworks.InterWorks.org

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