The "rebuild firmware" option was the right answer in this
case. It is now working.
> Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:19:02 -0600
> From: Justin T. Gibbs <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
> To: Michael David <michael@newearth.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: 2.4.5 panic while starting aic7xxx
>
> >SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> >PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0c.0
> >scsi0: Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.1.13
> > <Adaptec 2940 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
> > aic7890/91: Ultra2 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/255 SCBs
> >ahc_intr: AWAITING_MSG for an SCB that does not have a waiting message
> >SCSIID = 7, target_mask = 1
> >Kernel panic: SCB = 3, SCB Control = 40, MSG_OUT = 80 SCB flags = 6000
> >In interrupt handler - not syncing
>
> This looks like the firmware file is not in sync with the rest
> of the driver. Depending on the host environment, you may be
> able to rebuild the firmware yourself. Just check the box in
> the kernel config section for the aic7xxx driver to rebuild
> the firmware.
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