From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:26:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:25:54 -0400 Received: from pop.timesn.com ([216.30.51.65]:38911 "EHLO srvaus02.timesn.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:25:41 -0400 Message-ID: <3BABC1D9.CCA61963@timesn.com> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:40:25 -0500 From: Ray Bryant X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Justin T. Gibbs" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: AIC-7XXX driver problems with 2.4.9 and L440GX+ In-Reply-To: <200109212100.f8LL08Y61889@aslan.scsiguy.com> 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 I found a note about a bugzilla comment written by Doug Ledford at RedHat at http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-18/0508.html that suggests a work around is to build the kernel with IO-APIC support. This appears to fix the current problem. So unless something else comes up, I am "fixed" at the moment. "Justin T. Gibbs" wrote: > > >The AIC-7XXX version 6.2.1 driver hangs at startup under 2.4.x (we've > >tried 2.4.2-2 (RH 7.1), 2.4.5, and 2.4.9). > >The complete boot output is attached; the interesting parts are > >as follows: > > This again looks like an interrupt problem (driver not seeing interrupts). > To know for sure, I'd need to see the messages from an "aic7xxx=verbose" > boot. > > -- > Justin -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Ray Bryant, Linux Performance Analyst, Times N Systems 1908 Kramer Lane, Bldg. B, Suite P, Austin, TX 78758 512-977-5366, raybry@timesn.com -----------------------------------------------------------