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From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
To: "Jeffrey E. Hundstad" <jeffrey.hundstad@mnsu.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: aacraid hangs at boot on linux-2.4.27-pre1 20 second delay at lilo prompt makes it succeed
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 10:04:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040609150403.GB5103@lists.us.dell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40BE4002.5010905@mnsu.edu>

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On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 04:00:50PM -0500, Jeffrey E. Hundstad wrote:
> >While booting linux-2.4.27-pre1 the system hangs.  If I put a 20 
> >second delay in at the lilo prompt then the system always boot 
> >successfully.  ...I just pulled 20 seconds out of the air... less time 
> >might work,  but I haven't tried.  I've also tried linux-2.4.24 with 
> >the same results.
>
> It hangs in the place indicated below:
> 
> SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1-3 Apr 22 2004 14:34:42)
> AAC0: kernel 2.8.4 build 6089
> AAC0: monitor 2.8.4 build 6089
> AAC0: bios 2.8.0 build 6089
> AAC0: serial 635081d3fafaf001
> scsi0 : percraid
> ------ THE SYSTEM HANGS HERE ------
>  Vendor: DELL      Model:                   Rev: V1.0
>  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02


It appears that the adapter is slow to respond to commands at this
point.  It's possible that this is related to the firmware cache flush
issue we're aware of.

Can you please follow the instructions at 
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2004-May/020104.html
which describe how to disable the read and write caches using the
afacli command and see if that solves it for you?  If so, then the
permanent solution will be a new firmware when released.

Thanks,
Matt

-- 
Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com

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      reply	other threads:[~2004-06-09 15:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-01 22:31 aacraid hangs at boot on linux-2.4.27-pre1 20 second delay at lilo prompt makes it succeed Jeffrey E. Hundstad
2004-06-02 21:00 ` Jeffrey E. Hundstad
2004-06-09 15:04   ` Matt Domsch [this message]

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