From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: stefan@mdy.univie.ac.at (Stefan Boresch) Subject: Re: aic79xx problems Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:34:48 +0200 Message-ID: <20070920143448.GF1606@loop.mdy.univie.ac.at> References: <20070920130440.GE1606@loop.mdy.univie.ac.at> <1190297751.3360.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from epsilon.mdy.univie.ac.at ([131.130.40.18]:44459 "EHLO epsilon.mdy.univie.ac.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753004AbXITOev (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:34:51 -0400 Received: from loop.mdy.univie.ac.at (loop.mdy.univie.ac.at [131.130.40.12]) by server1.mdy.univie.ac.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41F0C16C2B4 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:30:38 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1190297751.3360.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Thank you for both your replies. On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:15:51AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 15:04 +0200, Stefan Boresch wrote: > > I could live with all this if kernels 2.6.2x I have tried would not > > simply crash. When the aic79xx module loads, I get again endless > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > listings, but the warnings / error messages get more and more severe > > until the system hangs. > > > This shouldn't be happening; we should get the same behaviour as the old > kernels (lots of scary warnings and problems but then turn off wide and > continue on). Investigating this, unfortunately, is going to be a real > pain. However, I think I can cut a cable to simulate your problem. > > I guess I'll "attack" the hardware angle by harassing the vendor (who so far was completely "sure" that it "must" be a driver issue). My problem is that this SCSI only system is really a "stray dog" in my zoo, so I have no replacement cables / parts whatsoever, i.e., it will take a while for them to get these to me. So, since I seem to have a slightly broken machine at hand, let me know whether I can try/test anything to fix the issues the newer kernels might have. In any case, already many thanks for your quick reply! Stefan -- Stefan Boresch Institute for Computational Biological Chemistry University of Vienna, Waehringerstr. 17 A-1090 Vienna, Austria Phone: -43-1-427752715 Fax: -43-1-427752790