From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267637AbUBTAWT (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:22:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267635AbUBTAUP (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:20:15 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:37601 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267591AbUBTATS (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:19:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:21:02 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Fabio Coatti Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.3-mm1 and aic7xxx Message-Id: <20040219162102.0b699698.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <200402192234.53855.cova@ferrara.linux.it> References: <200402192234.53855.cova@ferrara.linux.it> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Fabio Coatti wrote: > > I'm experiencing some problems with 2.6.3-mm1 release: on boot the system > hangs trying to detect scsi devices, and the light on scsi cdrom flashes > every few seconds. With 2.6.3-rc3-mm1 all works just fine, and I get this > syslog entry: > > Feb 19 22:23:15 kefk kernel: ahc_pci:3:6:0: Host Adapter Bios disabled. Using > default SCSI device parameters > Feb 19 22:23:15 kefk kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA > DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36 > Feb 19 22:23:15 kefk kernel: adapter> > Feb 19 22:23:15 kefk kernel: aic7850: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, > 3/253 SCBs > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<2.6.3-mm1 hangs here Are you able to get a sysrq-T or sysrq-P trace? > I've also noticed (only with 2.6.3-mm1) a "PCI BIOS passed non existent PCI > BUS 0!" message when it probes ICH5, i.e. Could be an acpi thing. If you have time, could you try patch -p1 -R < bk-acpi.patch and see if that helps? ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.3/2.6.3-mm1/broken-out/bk-acpi.patch Thanks.