Re: [PROBLEM] aic7xxx: DV failed to configure device

Denis Zaitsev
2005-06-07T13:16:46Z

On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 09:34:37AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 15:03 +0600, Denis Zaitsev wrote:
> > Yes, I'm sorry. 2.6.10.
>
> That particular code was completely changed for 2.6.12-rc5; could you
> see what that kernel makes of this, please?

Ok, 2.6.12-rc5:

scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36
<Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs

Vendor: IBM Model: DDYS-T09170N Rev: S80D
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
scsi0:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled. Depth 32
target0:0:0: Beginning Domain Validation
WIDTH IS 1
(scsi0:A:0): 6.600MB/s transfers (16bit)
target0:0:0: Domain Validation skipping write tests
(scsi0:A:0): 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 63, 16bit)
target0:0:0: Ending Domain Validation
SCSI device sda: 17916240 512-byte hdwr sectors (9173 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 17916240 512-byte hdwr sectors (9173 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
sda: unknown partition table
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

It seems that things are in order, do I understand right? So, why and
how the low-level format affects the old driver's behaviour?

Thanks in advance.