> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin T. Gibbs [mailto:gibbs@scsiguy.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 16:58
> To: Bill Gardner; 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'
> Subject: Re: aic7xxx driver error at boot for Adaptec AIC-7899P U160
>
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > We are seeing some strange errors at boot time from the
> aic7xxx driver.
> >
> > Relevant HW/SW Info:
> >
> > Host: Racksaver (Model: RS-1129) with dual AMD
> Athlon(tm) MP 2100+
> > cpu's Motherboard: Tyan S2468 with an onboard Adaptec
> AIC-7899P U160/m
> > (rev 01).
> > Dist: Redhat 7.3
> > Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-3smp
> (bhcompile@porky.devel.redhat.com)
> > (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3
> 2.96-110)) #1 SMP Thu
> > Apr 18 06:59:55 EDT 2002
> >
> > Relevant Console errors:
> >
> > scsi0:0:0:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message
> > scsi0: Dumping Card State while idle, at SEQADDR 0x44
> >
> > ...whole bunch of aic7xxx dump messages (see below for
> complete list)
> >
> > scsi0:0:0:0: Command already completed
> > aic7xxx_abort returns 0x2002
>
> Interrupts are not being routed correctly on your system. There's
> not much the aic7xxx driver can do if interrupts don't work. One
> of the Linux PCI wizards might be able to help you.
>
> --
> Justin
>
Thanks for the pointer...this clued me in to look in other places. The BIOS
on these hosts was broken and luckily there was a later version which fixed
the problem.
For anyone else with the Tyan Thunder K7X (Model S2468): I flashed the
V4.03b BIOS
>From Tyan:
09/30/02 2468403b.exe TYAN Thunder K7X (S2468) V4.03b Corrects error
message when running non-MP CPU
08/16/02 2468v403.exe TYAN Thunder K7X (S2468) V4.03 Add USB boot,
48bit drive size support. ***Fix PCI IRQ routing***, MP table problem. Add
new processor support, Add new flash part support, work round for ATI
Radeon 7500/78500 card, and work around for NVIDIA chipset Non-PCI
compliance AGP cards.
*** italics mine
..billg
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