Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:04:59 -0700 | From | "Vadim E. Kogan" <> | Subject | Re: Problem with AHA-3985 (.104pre1/.105ac4) |
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Phil's Kernel Account wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Vadim E. Kogan wrote: > > #I just got that beast. And for some reason Linux never can see devices an > #all 3 channels - sometimes on 1, sometimes on 2. It *always* finds all 3 > #controllers. > <snip> > #(scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Bad scbptr 255 during SELTO. > #(scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Referenced SCB 255 not valid during SELTO. > # SCSISEQ = 0x12 SEQADDR = 0x9 SSTAT0 = 0x15 SSTAT1 = 0x88 > #sooner or later. Maybe the problem is SMP. > > Or maybe it's just the sheer speed it's going for. This is just an > off-the-top-of-my-muddled-head guess here, but it looks to me like it's > running out of processes or something while it's probing. Also, if you can > adjust the sync clocking, try it at 5MHz. Once it finds the Hmm. I'll try that. The adapter itself has no problems - i.e. I can "Verify Media" from it's BIOS. Also, 5MHz == 5mb/s :(( The drive gives more than 6... > controllers, it's going as fast as it can. That's usually worked for me on > dual-channels that were acting weird. If it takes a little more time > looking, it's more likely that it will find what it's looking for, > probably. :) And as I read this I think that giving it 10 secs for reset (not 5 as default) also might help.. will play with it a little bit more.
Vadim
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