Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 21:21:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: Josh Tiefenbach <josh@ican.net> Cc: scsi@freebsd.org Subject: RE: `problem' with dpt driver v1.2.0 Message-ID: <XFMail.970808212117.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <19970808215105.63789@ican.net>
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Hi Josh Tiefenbach; On 09-Aug-97 you wrote: > Shimon, > > We've been noticing some disturbing behavior with both v1.1.10 and v1.2.0 > of > the dpt driver. In a nutshell, we cant have unattended reboots. I think > the > best way of describing the problem, is with dmesg outputs. > > [shutdown box] > > syncing disks... 2 done > dpt0: Shutting down (mode 0) HBA. Please wait...dpt0: Controller was > warned of shutdown and is now disabled > Rebooting... > > [snip] > > DPT: RAID Manager driver, Version 1.0.0 > Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > chip0 <Intel 82440FX (Natoma) PCI and memory controller> rev 2 on pci0:0 > DPT: PCI SCSI HBA Driver, version 1.2.0 > dpt0 <DPT Caching SCSI RAID Controller> rev 2 int a irq 11 on pci0:13 > dpt0: DPT type 3, model PM3334UW firmware 07L0, Protocol 0 > on port 1090 with 458753MB Write-Back cache > dpt0: Enabled Options: > Use Software Interrupts > Precisely Track State Transitions > Collect Metrics > dpt0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > dpt0 ERROR: Command "Test Unit Ready [7.24]" recieved for b0t0u0 > but controller is shutdown. Aborting... > dpt0 ERROR: Command "Inquiry [7.5]" recieved for b0t0u0 > but controller is shutdown. Aborting... > dpt0 ERROR: Command "Test Unit Ready [7.24]" recieved for b0t1u0 > but controller is shutdown. Aborting... > > [repeated *many* times, followed by eventually] > > panic: cannot mount root > > > This is, of course, a problem :) The only way I've been able to > ameliorate the > situation is to boot the machine with an older version of the dpt driver > (from > floppy no less), wait for it to come up. and reboot with the new driver. > > Any suggestions? > > josh > > -- > Josh Tiefenbach - Systems Engineer - ACC TelEnterprises - josh@ican.net
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