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Re: NCR resetting SCSI bus in pre-2.0.31-2 and 2.1.47
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mr. James W. Laferriere Network En)
Fri Aug 8 01:11:50 1997
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:07:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer" <babydr@nwrain.net>
To: Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de>
cc: Linux Scsi maillist <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <m2wwlznidw.fsf@isnogud.escape.de>
Hello Urs,
On 6 Aug 1997, Urs Thuermann wrote:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted as well.
>
> The 53c810 driver in the pre-2.0.31-2 and 2.1.47 kernels resets the
> SCSI bus very often. 2.0.30 doesn't have that problem.
>
> My setup is
>
> ASUS SP3 board + intel 486 DX-66
> 16 MB RAM
> NEC DSE 2100S 2.1 GB SCSI drive
> Wangtek Streamer
>
> The SCSI reset do not occur randomly. This time I have run my machine
> for 2 days without problems. Then sometimes SCSI resets occured
> nearly every minute, sometimes with 4 or 5 minutes inbetween, but
> finally, after 30 minutes hanging th e machine completely. I have
> just hit the reset button. Here are the last lines of the log (kernel
> pre-2.0.31-2):
>
> Aug 6 22:10:44 isnogud kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 354223, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Read (6) 04 ce 5a 08 00
> Aug 6 22:10:44 isnogud kernel: ncr53c8xx_abort: pid=354223 serial_number=354276 serial_number_at_timeout=354276
...snip...
Sounds -exactly- like a problem I had with an older Seagate
drive that was going flakky. I'd -extremely- recommend start
looking for a replacement. After backing it up .
Remember this one Gerard... ;-}
Hth, JimL
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