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Subject: Re: umax ubdx-as mboard, aic 7880 scsi problems
From: Doug Ledford <dledford () redhat ! com>
Date: 1999-09-18 4:19:31
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The Darkness wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am experiencing quite a bit of trouble getting any linux kernel from
> the 2.2.x or 2.3.x series to run on my server. The server stats are as
> follows:
>
> motherboard: umax UDBX-AS with integrated scsi - (AIC 7880)
> ram: 96M
> disks 2* seagate ST39140W
>
> The kernel will boot and load happily until it reaches the scsi initialisation
> phase. It happily detects the the onboard scsi, but dies part way through
> the initialisation phase. Here is an example of what appears on the
> console:
> ...
>
> (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 12/0
> (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
> scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.2/3.2.4
> <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
> SCSI: aborting command due to timeout: pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
> SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
> SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0
> SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting - trying harder
> ...
>
> It will continue to do this until the kernel panics.
This is a bug in the ioapic setup. Use the option "noapic" when booting the
linux kernel and the problem will go away.
--
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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