[9376] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Adaptec dies after powerloss of a drive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthias Andree)
Sat Aug 12 08:53:02 2000
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: Martin Peschke's message of "Fri, 11 Aug 2000 17:16:00 +0200 (MET DST)"
From: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>
Date: 12 Aug 2000 14:51:23 +0200
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Martin Peschke <peschke@fh-brandenburg.de> writes:
> The mentioned behavior should depend on whether we have an environment
> with several initiators or not. (Is it possible to detect this by means of
> INQUIRY?)
It depends. Some adaptors (more precisely: their drivers) get upset and
throw resets or crash. (Seen with an Adaptec 1542 that crashed my
Amiga's CyberSCSI MkII during inquiry).
> A more defensive error handling should be applied in such
> environments. A compromise: let the user decide, i.e. during kernel
> configuration by means of a SCSI midlayer option forcing defensive
> error recovery.
The primary mission should be to get the SCSI stuff recovering without
second initiator.
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Matthias Andree
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