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Re: BusLogic BT-958 + st

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Wiegley)
Sat Aug 2 19:10:54 1997

Date: 	Sat, 02 Aug 1997 09:07:14 -0700
From: Jeff Wiegley <jeff@w3-design.com>
To: maillard@vt.edu
CC: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu

Yes,  I get *very* similar errors as these when I am
trying to burna CD in my HP CD-R.

I have been unable to fix the problem.

But now I do have about 25 coasters!!

- Jeff

Julien Maillard wrote:
> 
> Has anyone encountered the kernel messages below? ...
> --
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid
> 1618337, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Write (6) 0f 32 ff 04 00
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: scsi0: Aborting CCB #1618410 to Target 0
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid
> 1618342, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Write (6) 11 35 01 02 00
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: scsi0: Aborting CCB #1618415 to Target 0
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 1618337) timed out -
> resetting
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: scsi0: Sending Bus Device Reset CCB #1618426
> to Target 0
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 1618342) timed out -
> resetting
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
> Jul 31 03:00:55 blue kernel: scsi0: Unable to Reset Command to Target 0 -
> Reset Pending
> Jul 31 03:00:57 blue kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 1618337)
> timed out - trying harder
> Jul 31 03:00:57 blue kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
> Jul 31 03:00:57 blue kernel: scsi0: Resetting BusLogic BT-958 due to
> Target 0
> Jul 31 03:00:57 blue kernel: scsi0: *** BusLogic BT-958 Initialized
> Successfully ***
> Jul 31 03:00:59 blue kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data not
> valid Current error st09:00: sense key Unit Attention
> Jul 31 03:00:59 blue kernel: Additional sense indicates Power on, reset,
> or bus device reset occurred
> Jul 31 03:01:01 blue kernel: st: Unloaded.
> Jul 31 03:01:56 blue kernel: scsi0: Tagged Queuing now active for Target 0
> --
> I an running kernel 2.0.30 with the BusLogic BT-958 driver (as a module)...
> my backup cron job loads st.o and then removes it after the backup program
> (bru) excited... the above messages occur about 5 minutes after removing
> st.o ... i tend to disregard them but if anyone has some explanation as to
> what they mean, please let me know!
> 
> BTW, i insert and remove the module manually rather than using kerneld (i
> have 'alias char-major-9 off' in /etc/conf.modules) to make sure kerneld
> does not remove the module while the tape is left unrewound for some time
> (more than a minute) due to pre-backup file searches for instance... I
> heard removing the module of a non-rewind tape device could possibly lead
> to data loss... at least for ftape... is this still true with st? any
> precision would be appreciated. thank you.
> --
> Julien Maillard  maillard@vt.edu      http://blue.me.vt.edu/~maillard/
> Virginia Tech    tel: (540) 231 5846  fax: (540) 231 8836

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