From: Michel Lanners <mlan@cpu.lu>
To: jpd@yami.w-d.org
Cc: rshaw@linuxppc.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Blue & White & SCSI & Ultra 2 SCSI & Kernel > 2.2.10 -> No Disk s
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 11:13:55 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200004090913.LAA00374@piglet.grunz.lu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38EF50E4.872D76ED@w-d.org>
On 8 Apr, this message from John Doty echoed through cyberspace:
> My Yosemite G3 (Rev 2) has *two* SCSI cards: an Adaptec 2930CU, and an
> Adaptec 2940U2B (Ultra 2 Wide). Last summer, my son Matt (who
> occasionally posts here on comp.os.linux.powerpc) set it up as a
> LinuxPPC machine with a 2.2.10 kernel from Robert Shaw's site. As a
> compute/file server, it has been great.
>
> However, attempts to upgrade to a more recent kernel invariably
> encountered SCSI problems. The most common symptom was an inability to
> mount the root filesystem.
>
> We have finally gotten partway to the bottom of this. Apparently, if the
> 2930 controller is present the kernel cannot find the 2940 controller
> (and the 2940 has the disks on it). With the 2930 pulled (I don't really
> need it the way I'm currently using the system), SCSI works fine with
> the newer kernels.
Isn't this the OF resource assignment problem discussed here some time
ago? Have a look at the mailing list archives...
Michel
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-04-08 15:32 Blue & White & SCSI & Ultra 2 SCSI & Kernel > 2.2.10 -> No Disks John Doty
2000-04-08 19:31 ` Robert Shaw
2000-04-09 1:37 ` John Doty
2000-04-09 9:13 ` Michel Lanners [this message]
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