Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "Jonathan Crenner" <> | | Subject | SMP + NCR 53c810 problem | | Date | Sun, 26 Sep 1999 23:56:07 CEST |
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Hi all,
This is my first posting in this mailing-list, so please be tolerant and don't explode me !
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I have a Abit BP6 Dual-Celeron MB, and a NCR 53c810 based SCSI card. This card works perfectly, without SMP support : (kernel 2.0.36)
ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 15, function 0 ncr53c8xx: 53c810a detected ncr53c810a-0: rev=0x12, base=0xeb000000, io_port=0xa400, irq=9 ncr53c810a-0: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity Checking ncr53c810a-0: restart (scsi reset). Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! scsi0 : ncr53c8xx - revision 2.5f.1 scsi : 1 host. Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CDR200t Rev: 1.0g Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DR-U12X Rev: 1.06 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 scsi : detected 2 SCSI cdroms total. But, as soon as I activate SMP in a kernel, I get this : (2.3.15 SMP)
scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : at PCI bus 0, device 15, function 0 scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : disabling I/O mapping since base address 0 (0xa400) bits 0..1 indicate a non-IO mapping scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : warning : revision of 18 is greater than 2. scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : NCR53c810 at memory 0xeb000000, io 0x0, irq 9 First of all, I checked, as I read in a README, that my card is jumpered to use INT A. That's OK.
Then, I found this on the Symbios website :
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Many Windows NT installation problems are due to IRQs not being enabled properly, or the system have Dual Processors. The subsequent sections will guide the reader through common setup steps to enable IRQs and general Windows NT 3.51 and NT 4.0 driver questions.
System CMOS setup hints:
The following section describes setup steps to take with 3 common System CMOS's.
These are general procedures, since each Mother Board Vendor modifies the BIOS to configure their Mother Board. To get the best results it is best to set Network cards to IRQ 9. This can be done via the software that comes with the card. Also set Sound cards to use IRQ 5. For detailed instruction for CMOS setups contact the Mother Board Manufacturer.
Award BIOS
1) While in the CMOS setup pick the "PCI Configuration Setup" or "PNP and PCI Configuration" menu. Change the settings for the slot number in which the Symbios Host Bus Adapter (HAB) is located if this option is available from "Auto Detect" to "INT A" or to an IRQ such as 10, 11, 12 or 15, leaving all other slots set to Auto. If there are no Slot options available then use the "MANUAL" setting. This will show all of the IRQs and will list them as either "Legacy ISA" or "NO/ICU" or "PNP/PCI" or "Yes/ICU". What you will do is set all IRQs below 9 to either Legacy ISA or NO/ICU. IRQ's 10, 11, 12 and 15 will be set to PNP/PCI or Yes/ICU.
2) The "Available IRQ" settings should be modified to 1st = 10, 2nd = 11, 3rd = 12, and 4th = 15. Ensure that any other device in the system (i.e., sound card or LAN card) are not set to the same IRQs as the Symbios Logic HAB. For example, if the LAN card is using IRQ 11, remove IRQ 11 as the 1st available IRQ in the CMOS setting and shift all of the available IRQs up one level.
3) Some versions have a statement that will say "PCI IRQ Activated by" set this to Level. Some versions have a statment that will say "PCI IDE MAP to" set this to ISA or Absent.
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I tried to do what they say, that does not solve the problem : the SCSI controller card IRQ is changed, but is it not more accepted by the kernel.
I have the same problem with Windows : 98 (not SMP) finds the card and NT (SMP) does not. So I am sure the problem is not a consequence of incorrectly configured kernels.
So my question is does anyone has managed to use such a card, on an Abit BP6 in SMP ? If someone does, may he send me the BIOS settings ?
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan Crenner Eleve en troisieme annee ingenieur a l'EFREI (Ecole Francaise d'Electronique et d'Informatique) Email : crenner@efrei.fr ou jonathan_crenner@hotmail.com
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