AIC-7890 problem

Wed Aug 4 13:42:43 PDT 1999

Apologies if support requests aren't welcome on this list - please 
let me know if there's a more appropriate forum for this. Thanks much 
for any assistance.

On a brand new Dell 1300 running RedHat 6.0 dist, update to Redhat's 
2.2.5-22 kernel with an embedded 7890 connected to two Western 
Digital 9.1g drives, I keep getting random reboots immediately 
following error messages such as this.  [copied by hand, so the 
syntax may be off]

SCSI disk error host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code=28000002
extra data not valid current error sd 08:03 sense key not ready
additional sense indicates logical unit not ready, initializing 
command required
scsidisk i/o error dev 08:03 sector xxxxx

and it keeps repeating, with the sector changing

It happens at random times, although if I hit the drives hard, 
chances are it'll happen within 10-40 minutes of that. No boot 
problems - here are the boot messages:

Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.2.5-22
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Loaded 6716 symbols from 
/boot/System.map-2.2.5-22.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.2.5.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Loaded 21 symbols from 3 modules.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Linux version 2.2.5-22 
(root at porky.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 
19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Wed Jun 2 09:17:03 EDT 1999
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Detected 497439446 Hz processor.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 496.44 BogoMIPS
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Memory: 257428k/262080k available (996k 
kernel code, 412k reserved, 2856k data, 60k init)
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: CPU: Intel 00/07 stepping 02
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU 
using exception 16 error reporting.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: mtrr: v1.26 (19981001) Richard Gooch 
(rgooch at atnf.csiro.au)
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfc86e
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer 
Society NET3.039
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Starting kswapd v 1.5
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with 
MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver 
version 1.9)
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: RAM disk driver initialized:  16 RAM 
disks of 4096K size
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS 
settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: hdc: CD-ROM CDU701, ATAPI CDROM drive
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: hdc: ATAPI 14X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.54
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: raid5: measuring checksumming speed
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: raid5: using high-speed MMX checksum routine
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:    pII_mmx   :  1211.580 MB/sec
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:    p5_mmx    :  1170.432 MB/sec
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:    8regs     :   856.869 MB/sec
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:    32regs    :   616.077 MB/sec
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: using fastest function: pII_mmx (1211.580 MB/sec)
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: scsi : detected total.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Partition check:
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: autodetecting RAID arrays
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: autorun ...
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: ... autorun DONE.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI 
host adapter> found at PCI 11/0
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 
374 instructions downloaded
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI host 
adapter> found at PCI 14/0
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (scsi1) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 3/255 SCBs
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 
406 instructions downloaded
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x 
(EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.16/3.2.4
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:        <Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI 
host adapter>
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x 
(EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.16/3.2.4
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:        <Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI host adapter>
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: scsi : 2 hosts.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 80.0 
Mbyte/sec, offset 31.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Vendor: WDIGTL    Model: WDE9180 
ULTRA2    Rev: 1.20
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access 
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 
0, id 0, lun 0
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 80.0 
Mbyte/sec, offset 31.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Vendor: WDIGTL    Model: WDE9180 
ULTRA2    Rev: 1.20
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access 
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 
0, id 1, lun 0
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (scsi1:0:3:0) Synchronous at 10.0 
Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Vendor: HP        Model: C1537A 
Rev: L708
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Type:   Sequential-Access 
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 
0, id 3, lun 0
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. 
Sectors= 17793001 [8687 MB] [8.7 GB]
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. 
Sectors= 17793001 [8687 MB] [8.7 GB]
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:  sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: raid1 personality registered
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: autodetecting RAID arrays
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (read) sda3's sb offset: 7703040 
[events: 00000008]
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: (read) sdb3's sb offset: 7703040 
[events: 0000000c]
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: autorun ...
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: considering sdb3 ...
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   adding sdb3 ...
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   adding sda3 ...
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: created md0
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: bind<sda3,1>
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: bind<sdb3,2>
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: running: <sdb3><sda3>
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: now!
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: sdb3's event counter: 0000000c
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: sda3's event counter: 00000008
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md: superblock update time inconsistency 
-- using the most recent one
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: freshest: sdb3
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md: kicking non-fresh sda3 from array!
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: unbind<sda3,1>
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: export_rdev(sda3)
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md0: max total readahead window set to 128k
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md0: 1 data-disks, max readahead per 
data-disk: 128k
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: raid1: device sdb3 operational as mirror 1
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: raid1: md0, not all disks are 
operational -- trying to recover array
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: raid1: raid set md0 active with 1 out of 2 mirrors
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md: updating md0 RAID superblock on device
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: sdb3 [events: 0000000d](write) sdb3's sb 
offset: 7703040
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md: recovery thread got woken up ...
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md0: no spare disk to reconstruct array! 
-- continuing in degraded mode
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: md: recovery thread finished ...
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: .
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: ... autorun DONE.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: change_root: old root has d_count=1
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Trying to unmount old root ... okay
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 60k freed
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: Adding Swap: 136516k swap-space (priority -1)
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel: eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet 
at 0xccc0, 00:90:27:51:39:53, IRQ 11.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Board assembly 697680-002, Physical 
connectors present: RJ45
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   General self-test: passed.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Internal registers self-test: passed.
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
Aug  4 13:14:20 monk kernel:   Receiver lock-up workaround activated.

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