Re: aic7xxx problem on -ac series

Josh Logan (josh@wcug.wwu.edu)
Thu, 24 May 2001 11:15:25 -0700 (PDT)


I have also seen this problem... I don't have any ideas. Is this a
module or compiled in?

Later, JOSH

On Thu, 24 May 2001, Costas Tavernarakis wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm not subscribed to LKML, so please Cc: me with any replies.
>
> I'm running 2.4.5-pre4 with success on an ASUS-CUV4X-D based system
> (noapic boot parameter, highmem). This kernel works for me (with a few
> occasional hard lockups, but that's another story).
>
> However, I'm having trouble with kernels from the -ac series.
> These kernels (with noapic) halt while detecting the first scsi
> controller on the system. The messages I get are:
>
> SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> PCI: Found IRQ9 for device 00:09.0
> PCI: The same IRQ used for device 00:0a.1
> ahc_pci: 0:90: Using left over BIOS settings
>
> and then the system stops responding.
>
> while -pre4 goes ahead to print:
>
> scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.1.13
> <Adaptec 29160N Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
> aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/255 SCBs
> ...
>
> The same problem is seen with virtually all kernels in
> 2.4.4-ac series, including -ac15. (haven't tried any
> earlier -ac, though).
>
> lspci on this system gives:
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
> 00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
> 00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> 00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16)
> 00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16)
> 00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
> 00:09.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7892A (rev 02)
> 00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 (rev 14)
> 00:0a.1 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c875 (rev 14)
> 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink] (rev 74)
> 00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10000 (rev 08)
> 00:0c.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 08)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 82)
>
> ver_linux output:
> Linux idefix 2.4.5-pre4 #4 SMP Mon May 21 14:52:36 EEST 2001 i686 unknown
>
> Gnu C 2.95.4
> Gnu make 3.79.1
> binutils 2.11.90.0.7
> util-linux 2.11b
> mount 2.11b
> modutils 2.4.6
> e2fsprogs 1.19
> reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j
> Linux C Library 2.2.3
> Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.3
> Procps 2.0.7
> Net-tools 1.60
> Console-tools 0.2.3
> Sh-utils 2.0.11
> Modules Loaded
>
> I am, of course, willing to provide any more information you
> may find important and/or to test any patches.
> I'm not a kernel expert, though...
>
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