AIC79xx on linux

Antonin Kral A.Kral at sh.cvut.cz
Sun Jul 11 07:02:26 PDT 2004 

Hi all,

I'm trying to install Linux (in particular Debian) to our new servers.
These servers are based od motherbard SuperMicro X5DL8-GG with aic7902
without RAID, 1GB RAM, one XEON 3.06GHz

The problem is, that I am not able to run almost any program. E.g. if I
try to execute free I'll get "Illegal instruction", for mount I'll get
"Segmentation Fault".

What I've tried:

Vanilla kernels 2.4.25, 2.4.26, 2.6.6, 2.6.7. And almost all
combinations with/without:
          * SMP
          * APIC
          * Highmem
          * MTRR

All without ACPI and with aic79xx and e1000 build in kernel.

After some manipulating with little magic involved, I've finally got
some kernel outputs. Problems seem to araise only during writing to the
disk. When I install system to the same disk at other computer, I can
run programs without problem, but during writing to the disk I receive a
lot of messages similar to these:

scsi1: PCI error Interrupt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
scsi1: Dumping Card State at program address 0xe Mode 0x33
Card was paused
HS_MAILBOX[0x0] INTCTL[0x80] SEQINTSTAT[0x0] SAVED_MODE[0x11] 
DFFSTAT[0x1] SCSISIGI[0x24] SCSIPHASE[0x1] SCSIBUS[0x94] 
LASTPHASE[0x1] SCSISEQ0[0x0] SCSISEQ1[0x12] SEQCTL0[0x10] 
SEQINTCTL[0x8] SEQ_FLAGS[0xc0] SEQ_FLAGS2[0x0] SSTAT0[0x0] 
SSTAT1[0x19] SSTAT2[0x0] SSTAT3[0x0] PERRDIAG[0x0] 
SIMODE1[0xa4] LQISTAT0[0x0] LQISTAT1[0x0] LQISTAT2[0x0] 
LQOSTAT0[0x0] LQOSTAT1[0x0] LQOSTAT2[0x81] 

SCB Count = 30 CMDS_PENDING = 2 LASTSCB 0x6 CURRSCB 0x1d NEXTSCB 0xff00
qinstart = 1103 qinfifonext = 1103
QINFIFO:
WAITING_TID_QUEUES:
Pending list:
 29 FIFO_USE[0x0] SCB_CONTROL[0x60] SCB_SCSIID[0x37] 
  6 FIFO_USE[0x0] SCB_CONTROL[0x60] SCB_SCSIID[0x37] 
Total 2
Kernel Free SCB list: 21 28 4 17 27 24 20 16 23 22 3 2 1 5 14 13 12 11 0 9 8 7 19 15 18 10 26 25 
Sequencer Complete DMA-inprog list: 
Sequencer Complete list: 
Sequencer DMA-Up and Complete list: 

scsi1: FIFO0 Active, LONGJMP == 0x80ff, SCB 0x6
SEQIMODE[0x3f] SEQINTSRC[0x20] DFCNTRL[0x0] DFSTATUS[0x89] 
SG_CACHE_SHADOW[0x38] SG_STATE[0x0] DFFSXFRCTL[0x0] 
SOFFCNT[0x7e] MDFFSTAT[0xc] SHADDR = 0x0361cb000, SHCNT = 0x1000 
HADDR = 0x00, HCNT = 0x0 CCSGCTL[0x0] 
scsi1: FIFO1 Active, LONGJMP == 0x257, SCB 0x6
SEQIMODE[0x3f] SEQINTSRC[0x0] DFCNTRL[0x2c] DFSTATUS[0xc9] 
SG_CACHE_SHADOW[0x38] SG_STATE[0x3] DFFSXFRCTL[0x0] 
SOFFCNT[0x7e] MDFFSTAT[0x2] SHADDR = 0x0361cc000, SHCNT = 0x0 
HADDR = 0x0361cc000, HCNT = 0x0 CCSGCTL[0x10] 
LQIN: 0x5 0x0 0x0 0x6 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x80 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x2 0x0 
scsi1: LQISTATE = 0x25, LQOSTATE = 0x0, OPTIONMODE = 0x42
scsi1: OS_SPACE_CNT = 0x20 MAXCMDCNT = 0x3
SIMODE0[0xc] 
CCSCBCTL[0x0] 
scsi1: REG0 == 0x15, SINDEX = 0x133, DINDEX = 0x108
scsi1: SCBPTR == 0x15, SCB_NEXT == 0x6, SCB_NEXT2 == 0xffe4
CDB 0 10 0 80 60 96
STACK: 0x125 0x0 0x0 0x25e 0x257 0x257 0x29 0x1
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dump Card State Ends >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
DevQ(0:3:0): 0 waiting
DevQ(0:6:0): 0 waiting
scsi1: Split completion read data parity error in DFF1
scsi1: Address or Write Phase Parity Error Detected in DFF1.
scsi1: PCI error Interrupt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
scsi1: Dumping Card State at program address 0x27 Mode 0x22
Card was paused
HS_MAILBOX[0x0] INTCTL[0x80] SEQINTSTAT[0x0] SAVED_MODE[0x11] 
DFFSTAT[0x11] SCSISIGI[0x24] SCSIPHASE[0x1] SCSIBUS[0x95] 
LASTPHASE[0x1] SCSISEQ0[0x0] SCSISEQ1[0x12] SEQCTL0[0x10] 
SEQINTCTL[0x0] SEQ_FLAGS[0xc0] SEQ_FLAGS2[0x0] SSTAT0[0x0] 
SSTAT1[0x19] SSTAT2[0x0] SSTAT3[0x0] PERRDIAG[0x0] 
SIMODE1[0xa4] LQISTAT0[0x0] LQISTAT1[0x0] LQISTAT2[0x0] 
LQOSTAT0[0x0] LQOSTAT1[0x0] LQOSTAT2[0x81] 

SCB Count = 30 CMDS_PENDING = 2 LASTSCB 0x6 CURRSCB 0x1d NEXTSCB 0xff00
qinstart = 1103 qinfifonext = 1103
QINFIFO:
WAITING_TID_QUEUES:
Pending list:
 29 FIFO_USE[0x0] SCB_CONTROL[0x60] SCB_SCSIID[0x37] 
  6 FIFO_USE[0x0] SCB_CONTROL[0x60] SCB_SCSIID[0x37] 
Total 2
Kernel Free SCB list: 21 28 4 17 27 24 20 16 23 22 3 2 1 5 14 13 12 11 0 9 8 7 19 15 18 10 26 25 
Sequencer Complete DMA-inprog list: 
Sequencer Complete list: 
Sequencer DMA-Up and Complete list: 

scsi1: FIFO0 Free, LONGJMP == 0x80ff, SCB 0x6
SEQIMODE[0x3f] SEQINTSRC[0x0] DFCNTRL[0x0] DFSTATUS[0x89] 
SG_CACHE_SHADOW[0x2] SG_STATE[0x0] DFFSXFRCTL[0x0] 
SOFFCNT[0x7e] MDFFSTAT[0x5] SHADDR = 0x00, SHCNT = 0x0 
HADDR = 0x00, HCNT = 0x0 CCSGCTL[0x0] 
scsi1: FIFO1 Active, LONGJMP == 0x257, SCB 0x6
SEQIMODE[0x3f] SEQINTSRC[0x0] DFCNTRL[0x2c] DFSTATUS[0xc9] 
SG_CACHE_SHADOW[0x28] SG_STATE[0x3] DFFSXFRCTL[0x0] 
SOFFCNT[0x7e] MDFFSTAT[0x2] SHADDR = 0x0361ad000, SHCNT = 0x0 
HADDR = 0x0361ad000, HCNT = 0x0 CCSGCTL[0x10] 
LQIN: 0x5 0x0 0x0 0x6 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x80 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x2 0x0 
scsi1: LQISTATE = 0x25, LQOSTATE = 0x0, OPTIONMODE = 0x42
scsi1: OS_SPACE_CNT = 0x20 MAXCMDCNT = 0x3
SIMODE0[0xc] 
CCSCBCTL[0x0] 
scsi1: REG0 == 0x1d, SINDEX = 0x122, DINDEX = 0x108
scsi1: SCBPTR == 0x15, SCB_NEXT == 0x6, SCB_NEXT2 == 0xffe4
CDB 0 10 0 80 60 96
STACK: 0x15 0x125 0x0 0x0 0x25e 0x257 0x93 0x29
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dump Card State Ends >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
DevQ(0:3:0): 0 waiting
DevQ(0:6:0): 0 waiting
scsi1: Split completion read data parity error in DFF1
scsi1: Address or Write Phase Parity Error Detected in DFF1.
scsi1: PCI error Interrupt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
scsi1: Dumping Card State at program address 0x93 Mode 0x11
Card was paused
HS_MAILBOX[0x0] INTCTL[0x80] SEQINTSTAT[0x0] SAVED_MODE[0x11] 
DFFSTAT[0x11] SCSISIGI[0x24] SCSIPHASE[0x1] SCSIBUS[0x95] 
LASTPHASE[0x1] SCSISEQ0[0x0] SCSISEQ1[0x12] SEQCTL0[0x10] 
SEQINTCTL[0x0] SEQ_FLAGS[0xc0] SEQ_FLAGS2[0x0] SSTAT0[0x0] 
SSTAT1[0x19] SSTAT2[0x0] SSTAT3[0x0] PERRDIAG[0x0] 
SIMODE1[0xa4] LQISTAT0[0x0] LQISTAT1[0x0] LQISTAT2[0x0] 
LQOSTAT0[0x0] LQOSTAT1[0x0] LQOSTAT2[0x81] 

SCB Count = 30 CMDS_PENDING = 2 LASTSCB 0x6 CURRSCB 0x6 NEXTSCB 0xffc0
qinstart = 1120 qinfifonext = 1120
QINFIFO:
WAITING_TID_QUEUES:
Pending list:
  6 FIFO_USE[0x0] SCB_CONTROL[0x60] SCB_SCSIID[0x37] 
 20 FIFO_USE[0x0] SCB_CONTROL[0x60] SCB_SCSIID[0x37] 
Total 2
Kernel Free SCB list: 24 27 17 4 28 21 29 16 23 22 3 2 1 5 14 13 12 11 0 9 8 7 19 15 18 10 26 25 
Sequencer Complete DMA-inprog list: 
Sequencer Complete list: 
Sequencer DMA-Up and Complete list: 

scsi1: FIFO0 Free, LONGJMP == 0x80ff, SCB 0x18
SEQIMODE[0x3f] SEQINTSRC[0x0] DFCNTRL[0x0] DFSTATUS[0x89] 
SG_CACHE_SHADOW[0x2] SG_STATE[0x0] DFFSXFRCTL[0x0] 
SOFFCNT[0x7e] MDFFSTAT[0x5] SHADDR = 0x00, SHCNT = 0x0 
HADDR = 0x00, HCNT = 0x0 CCSGCTL[0x0] 
scsi1: FIFO1 Active, LONGJMP == 0x257, SCB 0x14
SEQIMODE[0x3f] SEQINTSRC[0x0] DFCNTRL[0x2c] DFSTATUS[0xc9] 
SG_CACHE_SHADOW[0x28] SG_STATE[0x3] DFFSXFRCTL[0x0] 
SOFFCNT[0x7e] MDFFSTAT[0x2] SHADDR = 0x036461000, SHCNT = 0x0 
HADDR = 0x036461000, HCNT = 0x0 CCSGCTL[0x10] 
LQIN: 0x5 0x0 0x0 0x14 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x80 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x2 0x0 
scsi1: LQISTATE = 0x25, LQOSTATE = 0x0, OPTIONMODE = 0x42
scsi1: OS_SPACE_CNT = 0x20 MAXCMDCNT = 0x1
SIMODE0[0xc] 
CCSCBCTL[0x0] 
scsi1: REG0 == 0x60, SINDEX = 0x122, DINDEX = 0x108
scsi1: SCBPTR == 0x14, SCB_NEXT == 0xffc0, SCB_NEXT2 == 0xffe4
CDB 2a 0 0 0 28 90
STACK: 0x29 0x15 0x125 0x0 0x0 0x257 0x257 0x257
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dump Card State Ends >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
DevQ(0:3:0): 0 waiting
DevQ(0:6:0): 0 waiting
scsi1: Split completion read data parity error in DFF1
scsi1: Address or Write Phase Parity Error Detected in DFF1.

I've found some info, that this could be releated to the firmware
version on the disk (
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/aic7xxx/2004-February/004083.html ).
So output from the /proc/scsi/scsi:

Attached devices: 
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
  Vendor: SUPER    Model: GEM318           Rev: 0   
  Type:   Processor                        ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
  Vendor: SEAGATE  Model: ST373453LC       Rev: 0006
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
  Vendor: SUPER    Model: GEM318           Rev: 0   
  Type:   Processor                        ANSI SCSI revision: 02

I've tried to use drivers directly from

  http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/

And at presen tim I don't have any output, but system is still not
functional.

   Any idea? I will appreciate any help, thanks, best regards,

        Antonin

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