Re: SMP crash w/ 2.1.131

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:59:56 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Jan Kasprzak wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to find a stable 2.1 kernel for my SMP box.
> I have tried 2.1.131 and after putting some load on it (fairly trivial one,
> just few processess allocating ~200MB of memory each and randomly accessing
> it), the kernel Oopsed and the system remained locked.

> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
> found at PCI 14/0
> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination
> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are
> correct.
> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) If not, then please properly set
> the device termination
> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting
> CTRL-A when prompted
> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) during machine bootup.
> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES,
> Int-68 YES, Ext -68 YES)
> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) Illegal cable configuration!! Only two
> Dec 10 15:47:58 roma kernel: (scsi0) connectors on the SCSI controller
> may be in use at a time!

Might try to fix this first. If you have a swap partition on this
controller, all bets are off.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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