I don't trust (pick one): (the hardware|the driver)
D
Mikko Hyvarinen wrote:
>
> Hello Doug and all linux-kernel subscribers.
>
> After a few days of troubleshooting I have finally come to the
> conclusion that something is wrong with the aic7xxx v5.1.17 drivers
> included in 2.2.10.
>
> "mt status", "mt erase", "tar cvf /dev/nst0" all just hang for about 4
> hours without producing any output or SCSI errors in the kernel log.
> After the 4 hours have passed, there is a single SCSI SCB timeout
> message and in the case of tar, an error about write size not being the
> tape block size. mt does not produce any output after the timeout is
> logged, tar outputs the normal status lines for the first few small
> files and a write error message.
>
> Jun 19 16:22:25 muhveli kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 23, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
> Jun 19 16:22:25 muhveli kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Aborting scb 0, flags 0x4
> Jun 19 16:22:25 muhveli kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) SCB found in QINFIFO and
> aborted.
> Jun 19 16:22:25 muhveli kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Aborting scb 0
> Jun 19 16:22:25 muhveli kernel: (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) 1 commands found and
> queued for completion.
> (a few minutes have passed before I noticed mt had bombed out. now it's
> time for "tar cvRf /dev/nst0 /etc")
> Jun 19 20:34:39 muhveli kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 24, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
> Jun 19 20:34:39 muhveli kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Aborting scb 0, flags 0x4
> Jun 19 20:34:39 muhveli kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) SCB found in QINFIFO and
> aborted.
> Jun 19 20:34:39 muhveli kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Aborting scb 0
> Jun 19 20:34:39 muhveli kernel: (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) 1 commands found and
> queued for completion.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/