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Adaptec 3940 problems with Linux 2.0.29
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Zane Dodson)
Tue Apr 22 18:48:16 1997
From: Zane Dodson <dodson@mza.com>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:12:09 -0600 (MDT)
Hello,
I am experiencing some bizarre problems that I believe are software
related with a SuperMicro P6DNE motherboard (with 1 Pentium Pro 200),
64MB RAM, and an Adaptec 3940UW SCSI controller. This is a twin channel
SCSI host adapter and I have two large ultra wide Micropolis disks,
a Jaz drive, a CDROM drive, and an 8mm tape drive. The exact configuration
is listed below. The kernel is 2.0.29.
My problems lead me to believe my particular configuration and the
Adaptec 3940UW scsi driver are not functioning together properly.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Best regards,
Zane Dodson
dodson@mza.com
http://www.mza.com/~dodson
Here is a summary of my problems:
Jaz access problems
An ls of the jaz directory hangs indefinitely. It does not appear to
be related to the spin down of the drive.
NFS problems
As an NFS server, its disks often become inaccessible to other
clients, hanging indefinitely when access is attempted. However, the
disks are accessible locally. Client-side NFS and NIS work fine.
This period of broken NFS is just before the machine begins to
exhibit some of the other behaviors I have listed below.
shutdown problems
Occassionally, the machine cannot be shutdown with the shutdown or
reboot commands. They run and warn of a shutdown, but nothing happens.
The only way to recover is with a hard reset.
After a hard reset, there are many filesystem problems and I
normally have to run fsck manually to fix the filesystem.
non-existent partition filesystem complaints
The syslog logs messages about filesystem errors and directory problems
on partition /dev/sdb5 (major 08, minor 21), which does not exist in
the partition table. Here is an excerpt:
Apr 11 20:27:07 knuth kernel: VFS: Mounted device 08:21 - tssk, tssk
Apr 11 20:27:07 knuth kernel: VFS: inode busy on removed device 08:21
Apr 11 20:27:07 knuth kernel: Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
Apr 12 01:39:07 knuth kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 528
Apr 12 01:39:07 knuth kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:21): ext2_readdir: directory #2 contains a hole at offset 0
Apr 12 01:39:08 knuth kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 16
Apr 12 01:39:08 knuth kernel: Kernel panic: EXT2-fs panic (device 08:21): ext2_write_inode: unable to read i-node block - inode=2, block=8
Apr 12 01:39:08 knuth kernel:
Apr 12 01:39:10 knuth kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 2
Another excerpt is:
Apr 19 01:48:00 knuth kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 528
Apr 19 01:48:01 knuth kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:21): ext2_readdir: directory #2 contains a hole at offset 0
Apr 19 01:48:04 knuth kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 16
Apr 19 01:48:04 knuth kernel: Kernel panic: EXT2-fs panic (device 08:21): ext2_write_inode: unable to read i-node block - inode=2, block=8
Apr 19 01:48:04 knuth kernel:
Apr 19 01:48:04 knuth kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 2
And another one:
Apr 21 09:00:14 knuth kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
Apr 21 09:00:14 knuth kernel: Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
Apr 21 09:02:14 knuth kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
Apr 21 09:02:14 knuth kernel: Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
Apr 21 09:02:19 knuth kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
Apr 21 09:02:19 knuth kernel: Device busy for revalidation (usage=1)
Apr 21 09:02:40 knuth kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 20
Apr 21 09:02:40 knuth kernel: Kernel panic: EXT2-fs panic (device 08:21): ext2_read_inode: unable to read i-node block - inode=17, block=10
Apr 21 09:02:40 knuth kernel:
Apr 21 09:02:40 knuth kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 2
Apr 21 09:09:43 knuth su: dodson on /dev/ttyp5
Apr 21 09:11:11 knuth init: Switching to runlevel: 0
Apr 21 09:11:13 knuth kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 16
Kernel information (uname -a)
=============================
Linux knuth 2.0.29 #3 Fri Apr 11 08:36:31 MDT 1997 i686
Partition information
=====================
[root@knuth /root]# fdisk -l
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1106.
This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software form other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1 2 16033+ 83 Linux native
/dev/sda2 3 3 33 249007+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 34 34 700 5357677+ 83 Linux native
/dev/sda4 701 701 1106 3261195 83 Linux native
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1106.
This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software form other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1 1106 8883913+ 83 Linux native
Disk /dev/sdc: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 1021 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 1 1021 1045488 83 Linux native
SCSI Bus information
====================
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: MICROP Model: 3391WS Rev: P429
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:462 Rev: 1.16
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: MICROP Model: 3391WS Rev: P429
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: iomega Model: jaz 1GB Rev: G.60
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
Vendor: EXABYTE Model: EXB-85058SQANXR1 Rev: 07R0
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Adapter information scsi0
=========================
Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 4.0/3.2/4.0
Compile Options:
AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY : 15
AIC7XXX_TWIN_SUPPORT : Enabled
AIC7XXX_TAGGED_QUEUEING: Disabled
AIC7XXX_PAGE_ENABLE : Disabled
AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS : Disabled
Adapter Configuration:
SCSI Adapter: AHA-3940 Ultra
(AIC-788x chipset)
Host Bus: Wide
Base IO: 0xdc00
IRQ: 10
SCBs: Used 2, HW 16, Page 16
Interrupts: 29085
Serial EEPROM: True
Extended Translation: Enabled
SCSI Bus Reset: Enabled
Ultra SCSI: Enabled
Target Disconnect: Enabled
Adapter Information scsi1
=========================
Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 4.0/3.2/4.0
Compile Options:
AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY : 15
AIC7XXX_TWIN_SUPPORT : Enabled
AIC7XXX_TAGGED_QUEUEING: Disabled
AIC7XXX_PAGE_ENABLE : Disabled
AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS : Disabled
Adapter Configuration:
SCSI Adapter: AHA-3940 Ultra
(AIC-788x chipset)
Host Bus: Wide
Base IO: 0xd800
IRQ: 9
SCBs: Used 4, HW 16, Page 16
Interrupts: 16604
Serial EEPROM: True
Extended Translation: Enabled
SCSI Bus Reset: Enabled
Ultra SCSI: Disabled
Target Disconnect: Enabled
