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Re: exabyte and the aic7xxx...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jlt)
Wed Apr 22 19:01:19 1998
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 23:58:31 +0000
From: jlt <jlt@wvinter.net>
To: Jeff Collins <collinsj@ece.ucdavis.edu>
CC: Walt Bigelow <walt@stimpy.com>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
RE:aic7xxx driver
I have that same timeout Lockup problem when at CD-Rom that can not
be reconized, is trying to be read, but can not, so time out occures, and the SCSI bus is reset, and
SYSTEM Locks up.
JLT
On WinNT 3.51 the timeout happens, but then you have a choice to ignor.
PS. Is there away to search this mail-list for past postings?
I'm Real new to this. Thanks
Jeff Collins wrote:
>
> On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Walt Bigelow wrote:
>
> > I have been having the some problem over and over lately when trying to
> > use my exabyte "exb-8505" tape drive. THe problem is when I access the
> > tape via st0, and tar, the machine "locks" up and then proceeds to "abort
> > command due to timeout" over and over. Then eventually the scsi bus
> > resets, and the machine stops responding. I have had this problem with 2
> > different drives over 3 machines all witht the aic7xxx driver and
> > different versions of the linux kernel. THe exabyte works fine on my SGI
> > workstation.
>
> I don't know anything about the aic driver, but I've had this same
> behavior with exabyte tape drives and my buslogic. In my case, this only
> happens if I disable disconnection for the device in question. Basically,
> the driver issues a rewind or a retension command and without the ability
> to disconnect, the entire bus is tied up until the command completes. You
> could also try enabling tagged queueing. --jw
>
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> Jeff Collins, collinsj@ece.ucdavis.edu, Computer Engineering Research Lab
> Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of California, Davis
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