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Date:      Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:29:19 +0100
From:      Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk>
To:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   SMP problems with latest SUP and SCSi drives
Message-ID:  <E16w4rP-000Klk-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk>

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A few days ago I posted a problem with a SCSi bus on a stable machine
allegedly being reset according to the messages from the kernel. I
have now had time to track this down and ensure it isnt a hardware fault

The symptoms are as follows:

copy a set of files (e.g.):

cp src/cgi-bin/**.exe 

copy a set of files (e.g.):

	cp src/cgi-bin/*.exe /usr/local/www/beta/cgi-bin

the reopeat the command to a different directory

	cp src/cgi-bin/*.exe /usr/local/www/live/cgi-bin

and the disc freezes - if left long enough it usually generates an
error of the form "sym0:(0,-1,-1) scsi bus reset detected".... hats from
memory as I dont have the log to hand. note that the copy involves moving
files from ne disc to another - both discs being on the same scsi bus.

I have, however, acertained that this *only* happens when the machine is
running an SMP kernel. With a non SMP kernel it is fine. With an older
version of -STABLE it is also fine (frustratingly I no longer have the
date of that older kernel, but we are talking post 4.5_RELEASE).

The system is a Compaq Proliant and I am using the onboard SCSI controller.
Its has 256 meg of memoiry and a pair of 9.1GB drives attached to sym0.
tthe dmesg was posted in the previous email ont eh subject (along with
the sym0 timeout message)

help! obviously something is going on here under SMP that isnt happening
on a single porcessor box. How can I set about generating more information
to help track this bug down ?

thanks for any assistance,

-pcf.

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