Re: AIC7XXX + v2.4.18 problems?

Nick Papadonis (nick@coelacanth.com)
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:15:10 -0400


I wonder if problems are due to my VIA PCI chipset? Here are some details:

Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7892A U160/m (rev 2).
IRQ 12.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=40.Max Lat=25.
I/O at 0xa800 [0xa8ff].
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xdf000000 [0xdf000fff].

Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev 196).
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7000000 [0xe7ffffff].

Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP] (rev 0).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=8.

Nick Papadonis <nick@coelacanth.com> writes:

> Is anyone else having problems with the AIC7XXX driver using a AHA-29160
> controller? I believe my kernel is going into a unrecoverable spin-lock
> when there is high SCSI load. I'm assuming this because the keyboard
> lights still function and network still replies to pings.
>
> In addition the 'st' driver returns with unrecoverable errors when
> trying to tar to tape. This usually occurs after a few hundred
> megabytes have been pushed through a device.
>
> My setup is :
> - AHA-29160N controller
> - Internal 50 PIN / SCSI-2 port in use
> - See below for connected drives
>
> I tested the following kernels and they display similar behavior:
> - v2.4.9
> - v2.4.18
> - v2.4.18 with updated 7XXX driver
> - v2.4.19-pre10
>
> Any insight is appreciated.
>
> - Nick
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