Re: sym53c810a M_REJECT messages by the truckload on 2.6.8

From: Rob Emanuele
Date: Fri Oct 22 2004 - 21:22:15 EST


Setting the debug flag "tiny":

echo "setdebug tiny" > /proc/scsi/sym53c8xx/0

seems to quell the messages:

sym0:0:0:M_REJECT to send for : 1-2-3-1.

but I'd still like to know what it means and its impact.

--Rob

On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 14:40, Rob Emanuele wrote:
> I'm having some problems with a Symbios (NCR) 810a SCSI adapter and was
> wondering if someone here could help me out with it. I'm hoping I just
> need a module setting but none that I've read seem to fit the bill. Its a
> little sluggish at times and it is creating volumes of log messages as
> shown below. Its an onboard SCSI adapter that is part of a Dell. I'm
> using the 2.6.8 kernel and the sym53c8xx(_2) driver.
>
> Thank you for any help,
> Rob
>
> /var/log/messages :
>
> Oct 22 14:17:01 wormhole last message repeated 745 times
> Oct 22 14:18:07 wormhole last message repeated 520 times
> Oct 22 14:18:11 wormhole last message repeated 62 times
> Oct 22 14:18:11 wormhole kernel: sym0:0:0:M_REJECT to send for : 1-2-3-1.
> Oct 22 14:18:44 wormhole last message repeated 43 times
> Oct 22 14:19:55 wormhole last message repeated 5 times
> Oct 22 14:20:34 wormhole last message repeated 58 times
> Oct 22 14:20:34 wormhole kernel: sym0:0:0:M_REJECT to send for : 1-2-3-1.
>
>
> /var/log/dmesg :
>
> SCSI subsystem initialized
> sym0: <810a> rev 0x12 at pci 0000:00:0f.0 irq 11
> sym0: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-10, SE, parity checking
> sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset.
> scsi0 : sym-2.1.18j
>
>
> /proc/scsi/scsi :
>
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15230W SUN4.2G Rev: 0738
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
> Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-ROM CR-8005A Rev: 4.0i
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
>
> /proc/scsi/sym53c8xx/0 :
>
> Chip sym53c810a, device id 0x1, revision id 0x12
> At PCI address 0000:00:0f.0, IRQ 11
> Min. period factor 25, Narrow SCSI BUS
> Max. started commands 448, max. commands per LUN 64
>
>
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