Re: aic7xxx broken in 2.5.53/54 ?

uaca@alumni.uv.es
Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:36:07 +0100


I'm running 2.5.54 and the system seems stable

anyway I see the error reported in my previous e-mail

aic7xxx: PCI Device 0:12:0 failed memory mapped test. Using PIO.
aic7xxx: PCI Device 0:12:1 failed memory mapped test. Using PIO.
scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.25
<Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
aic7896/97: Ultra2 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs

scsi0: PCI error Interrupt at seqaddr = 0x2
scsi0: Signaled a Target Abort
scsi1: PCI error Interrupt at seqaddr = 0x2
scsi1: Signaled a Target Abort
(scsi0:A:0): 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit)
Vendor: QUANTUM Model: ATLAS_V_36_WLS Rev: 0230
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
scsi0:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled. Depth 64
scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.25
<Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
aic7896/97: Ultra2 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs

SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 71722776 512-byte hdwr sectors (36722 MB)
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 >
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

no other messages seen while system running

controller's bios version is v2.57S2B3

My previous e-mail is appended here

On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 05:36:25PM +0100, uaca@alumni.uv.es wrote:
> Hi hav
>
> I have to report the same problem, tomorrow I will complete the info,
> including bios version and read-only tests on a disk device
>
> At least I can say I've saw the message
>
> > scsi0: PCI error Interrupt at seqaddr = 0x2
> > scsi0: Signaled a Target Abort
> > scsi1: PCI error Interrupt at seqaddr = 0x2
> > scsi1: Signaled a Target Abort
>
> > It would be good to know the chipset on the motherboard. As to why
> > the old driver worked, for 6.X.X drivers, you may have just been lucky.
> > For 5.X.X drivers, they perform a read after every register write to
> > "manually" prevent any byte-merging. These reads are actually more
> > expensive than just using PIO. Neither of these older drivers included
> > a test to try and catch fishy behavior.
>
>
> Kernel 2.4.x works fine
>
> now some info about chipset, etc...
>
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440GX - 82443GX Host bridge
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
> Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
> Capabilities: <available only to root>
>
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440GX - 82443GX AGP bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
> Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64
> Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
>
> 00:0b.0 ATM network controller: FORE Systems Inc PCA-200E
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
> Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=8K]
>
> 00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7896
> Subsystem: Adaptec: Unknown device 0053
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
> BIST result: 00
> I/O ports at 2000 [disabled] [size=256]
> Memory at f4300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
> Capabilities: <available only to root>
>
> 00:0c.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7896
> Subsystem: Adaptec: Unknown device 0053
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
> BIST result: 00
> I/O ports at 2400 [disabled] [size=256]
> Memory at f4301000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Capabilities: <available only to root>
>
> 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82559 Fast Ethernet LAN on Motherboard
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
> Memory at f4302000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> I/O ports at 2800 [size=64]
> Memory at f4200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=1M]
> Capabilities: <available only to root>
>
> 00:12.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
>
> 00:12.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
> I/O ports at 2860 [size=16]
>
> 00:12.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
> I/O ports at 2840 [size=32]
>
> 00:12.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
>
> 00:14.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5480 (rev 23) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
> Subsystem: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5480
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
> Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
> Memory at f4303000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=32K]
>
> 01:0f.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21150 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
> Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 240
> Bus: primary=01, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=68
> Capabilities: <available only to root>
>
>
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 8
> model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
> stepping : 3
> cpu MHz : 796.559
> cache size : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 2
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
> bogomips : 1589.24
>
> processor : 1
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 8
> model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
> stepping : 3
> cpu MHz : 796.559
> cache size : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 2
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
> bogomips : 1592.52
>
>
>
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