[3226] in linux-scsi channel archive
Continuing troubles with Intel 4-CPU board with 2 788x's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry M. Augustin)
Fri Feb 6 02:57:22 1998
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 17:18:26 -0800
From: "Larry M. Augustin" <lma@varesearch.com>
To: Jered J Floyd <jered@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-smp@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <s56yazpyie3.fsf@opus.MIT.EDU>
Yes. See http://www.varesearch.com/products/vs4000.html. I can tell
you that kernel compiles go really fast when you have 1GB of RAM and 4
processors. It's kind of neat to compile the kernel and have Linux
cache the entire compilation in RAM :-)
I would help you if I could, but I'm not sure what to tell you to try.
We haven't used *exactly* that kernel, but we did use 2.0.31 on RH 4.2
with updated Adaptec drivers. But that should all be in 2.0.32. I
have not yet tested 2.0.33 on that system.
Also, we always use a RAID controller with the system and put the disk
array on the RAID controller. We use the built-in Adaptec just for
peripherals like the tape drive.
Larry
Jered J Floyd writes:
>
> Greetings,
> Last week I described troubles I was having with installing Linux
> (specifically, RedHat 4.2) on a quad PentiumPro Intel motherboard that
> has 2 on-board aic788x's. At that point I suspected the problem was
> due to there being no devices on the second controller, and in
> response to my questions I got, "Install more drives" (not really an
> option), and "Disable the second controller from the BIOS" (which
> doesn't appear to be possible.)
>
> Since then, one of the drives has been moved to the second
> controller, so each controller now has a drive. The system runs fine
> under Windows NT 4.0. (Well, as well as anything can run WinNT 4.0.)
>
> The symptoms as before are these: The devices on the first SCSI
> controller (scsi0) are successfully detected. Then the driver moves
> on to the second controller, times out, faults and displays a stack
> trace (that unfortunately scrolls away very quickly), spews several
> "Idle task may not sleep" errors, and tries again. It then gets stuck
> in an endless loop of timing out and retrying on the second
> controller.
>
> Has anyone been able to successfully install RedHat 4.2, or other
> distribution that uses kernel 2.0.32, on this type of motherboard?
> It's my understanding that it's a fairly common model. Is there any
> way to tell the SCSI driver to stop looking after the first
> controller? Is there any way to make the driver stop retrying? (It
> seems a bug to have it loop endlessly) Do I need a newer revision of
> the aic788x driver? Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --Jered
> jered@mit.edu
