53c7,8xx lockup & kernel null pointer dereference

Frohwalt Egerer (froh@devnull.iconsult.com)
29 Aug 1996 04:54:24 +0200


After adding an external box with a hard drive and a cd writer I'm
experiencing some major problems.

My computer is based on an Asus SP3G with a NCR 53c810 on board (serving
internal devices) and another NCR 53c810 serving external devices.

Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST43400N Rev: 1022
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: CONNER Model: CFP1060S 1.05GB Rev: 203C
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-3401TA Rev: 0283
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DRM-624X Rev: 1.04
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02

[... Luns 01 to 04 omitted ... ]

Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 05
Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DRM-624X Rev: 1.04
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: DORS-32160 Rev: S82C
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CDR100 Rev: 1.11
Type: WORM ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Experiencing these problems with Linux 2.0.12 I upgraded to 2.0.15
just to learn that nothing relevant changed in the NCR driver.
The kernel is set to inspect all LUNs (to recognize the CD changer's
platters), allow disconnect and disallow 10MHZ Fast SCSI. I use
kerneld for virtually everything not necessary for booting.

(Longer parts of my /var/log/messages can be found at the end of this
article ...)

Problem A:

The Pioneer DRM-624X isn't mentioned in scsi.c's device_list. It
probably should get the same options as the DRM-602X and DRM-604X.

Problem B:

Just a minor nitpick: The second NCR is initialized differently from
the first one. I noticed this a long time ago, but since all devices
worked (until now) I never cared. I don't even know if it is a problem.

Aug 29 02:20:03 devnull kernel: scsi0 : burst length 8

vs.

Aug 29 02:20:03 devnull kernel: scsi1 : burst length 2
Aug 29 02:20:03 devnull kernel: scsi1 : reset ccf to 3 from 0

Problem C:

The CD Writer's LUN 1 forces a SCSI Bus reset when devices are detected:

Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : channel 0 target 6 lun 1 request sense failed, performing reset.
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 1 channel 0.

Problem D (the currently annoying one):

When copying a file tree (cp -a) from the changer to the IBM DORS the
SCSI bus locks up:

Aug 28 19:16:13 devnull kernel: scsi1 : BUS FAULT reason = No device asserted
PCI DEVSEL within five bus clocks

Later on this leads to kfree()ing memory not allocated a kernel NULL pointer
dereference, kfreeing memory not allocated by kmalloc and AIEE killing
interrupt handler.

After that point the external scsi bus is plain dead. Fortunatley all the
vital disks (root, home) are on the internal bus ...

Btw, besides the second NCR there is one other PCI board, a Matrox Millenium.
Turning on and off PCI bridge optimization in the kernel doesn't help.

Problem E:

Maybe this is related to D. One one occasion I got a

Aug 29 01:19:21 devnull kernel: scsi1 : WARNING : INTFLY with no completed commands.

(While trying to copy files just as in D)

Problem F:

Just while I'm ranting: My ancient single speed Apple CD 150 stopped
working in the early 1.3 series (but I don't really care about it ...)
If anybody wants to debug this I'll provide a real error description.
(Like looking for the kernel version where it stopped working.)

Excerpts from /var/log/messages

(Unfortunatley I can't provide a full log, in later sessions some
important kernel messages didn't show up in the syslog)

Stuff related to Problem B and C:

Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : at PCI bus 0, device 1, function 0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : NCR53c810 at memory 0xfb7ef000, io 0xe800, irq 10
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : burst length 8
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : NCR code relocated to 0x8c600 (virt 0x0008c600)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : test 1 started
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : at PCI bus 0, device 6, function 0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : NCR53c810 at memory 0xfb7e7000, io 0xe400, irq 10
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : burst length 2
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : NCR code relocated to 0x88600 (virt 0x00088600)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : using interrupt handler previously installed for scsi0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : test 1 started
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : NCR53c{7,8}xx (rel 17)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : NCR53c{7,8}xx (rel 17)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi : 2 hosts.
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : target 0 accepting asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : setting target 0 to asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST43400N Rev: 1022
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : target 1 accepting asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : setting target 1 to asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: CONNER Model: CFP1060S 1.05GB Rev: 203C
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : target 3 accepting asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi0 : setting target 3 to asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-3401TA Rev: 0283
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : target 0 accepting asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : setting target 0 to asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: IBM Model: DORS-32160 Rev: S82C
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : target 3 rejected SDTR
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : setting target 3 to asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DRM-624X Rev: 1.04
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi1, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DRM-624X Rev: 1.04
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr2 at scsi1, channel 0, id 3, lun 1
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DRM-624X Rev: 1.04
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr3 at scsi1, channel 0, id 3, lun 2
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DRM-624X Rev: 1.04
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr4 at scsi1, channel 0, id 3, lun 3
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DRM-624X Rev: 1.04
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr5 at scsi1, channel 0, id 3, lun 4
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DRM-624X Rev: 1.04
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr6 at scsi1, channel 0, id 3, lun 5
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : target 6 rejected SDTR
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : setting target 6 to asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CDR100 Rev: 1.11
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Type: WORM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr7 at scsi1, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : channel 0 target 6 lun 1 request sense failed, performing reset.
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 1 channel 0.
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : DCMD|DBC=0x50000000, DNAD=0x88c5c (virt 0x00088c5c)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: DSA=0x89198 (virt 0x00089198)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: DSPS=0x88d6c, TEMP=0x8905c (virt 0x0008905c), DMODE=0x0
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: SXFER=0x0, SCNTL3=0x3
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: phase=MSGIN, 0 bytes in SCSI FIFO
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: STEST0=0x7
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : DSP 0x88c54 (virt 0x00088c54) ->
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: 0x88c54 (virt 0x00088c54) : 0x50000000 0x00088d6c (virt 0x00088d6c)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: 0x88c5c (virt 0x00088c5c) : 0x60000200 0x00000000 (virt 0x00000000)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: 0x88c64 (virt 0x00088c64) : 0x78380000 0x00000000 (virt 0x00000000)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: 0x88c6c (virt 0x00088c6c) : 0x0f000001 0x000885d8 (virt 0x000885d8)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: 0x88c74 (virt 0x00088c74) : 0x78381000 0x00000000 (virt 0x00000000)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: 0x88c7c (virt 0x00088c7c) : 0xc0000004 0x000885d4 (virt 0x000885d4) 0x0000e434 (virt 0x0000e434)
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : issue queue
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : schedule dsa array :
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : end schedule dsa array
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : reconnect_dsa_head :
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : end reconnect_dsa_head
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1: lost command 60
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : target 6 rejected SDTR
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : setting target 6 to asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi : detected 8 SCSI cdroms 3 SCSI disks total.
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 5688447 [2777 MB] [2.8 GB]
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 2074880 [1013 MB] [1.0 GB]
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : target 0 accepting asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: scsi1 : setting target 0 to asynchronous SCSI
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: SCSI device sdc: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 4226725 [2063 MB] [2.1 GB]
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: Partition check:
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: sda: sda1 sda2
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: sdc: sdc1 sdc2
Aug 29 01:36:01 devnull kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 >

Excerpt from an older session (with Linux 2.0.12) relating to problem D.
"Nice" to read since the kernel gets from one trouble into another. I
overwrote that kernel's system map, so I currently can't decode
the stack backtrace.

Btw, at that time the DORS had SCSI ID 4 instead of 0.

Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : BUS FAULT reason = No device asserted PCI DEVSEL within five bus clocks
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : DCMD|DBC=0x4300003c, DNAD=0x8815a224 (virt 0x8815a224)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: DSA=0x8815a1e8 (virt 0x8815a1e8)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: DSPS=0x14da4, TEMP=0x115a0ac (virt 0x0115a0ac), DMODE=0x0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: SXFER=0xa2, SCNTL3=0x8
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: BSY REQ phase=MSGIN, 0 bytes in SCSI FIFO
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: STEST0=0x6
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : DSP 0x14804 (virt 0x00014804) ->
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 0x14804 (virt 0x00014804) : 0x4300003c 0x00014da4 (virt 0x00014da4)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 0x1480c (virt 0x0001480c) : 0x860b0000 0x00014814 (virt 0x00014814)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 0x14814 (virt 0x00014814) : 0x1e000000 0x00000040 (virt 0x00000040)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 0x1481c (virt 0x0001481c) : 0x90080000 0x00000000 (virt 0x00000000)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 0x14824 (virt 0x00014824) : 0x820b0000 0x00014844 (virt 0x00014844)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 0x1482c (virt 0x0001482c) : 0x9f030000 0x00000000 (virt 0x00000000)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : connected (SDID=0x5, SSID=0x83)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : bad dsa virt 0x8815a1e8
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : issue queue
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : dsa at phys 0x1150080 (virt 0x01150080)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 64 : dsa_msgout length = 83428, data = 0x0 (virt 0x00000000)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 60 : select_indirect = 0xc0000004
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 56 : dsa_cmnd = 0x0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 48 : dsa_next = 0x0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : dsa at phys 0x115e080 (virt 0x0115e080)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 64 : dsa_msgout length = 83428, data = 0x0 (virt 0x00000000)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 60 : select_indirect = 0xc0000004
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 56 : dsa_cmnd = 0x0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 48 : dsa_next = 0x0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : schedule dsa array :
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : dsa at phys 0x115a080 (virt 0x0115a080)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 64 : dsa_msgout length = 83428, data = 0x16218 (virt 0x00016218)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 60 : select_indirect = 0xc0000004
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 56 : dsa_cmnd = 0x0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 48 : dsa_next = 0x0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : end schedule dsa array
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : reconnect_dsa_head :
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : dsa at phys 0x11521e8 (virt 0x011521e8)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 64 : dsa_msgout length = 1, data = 0x115202c (virt 0x0115202c)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: Identify disconnect allowed lun 0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 60 : select_indirect = 0x3030000
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 56 : dsa_cmnd = 0x13214 result = 0xffff, target = 3, lun
= 0, cmd = Read (6) 00 46 2f 26 00
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: + 48 : dsa_next = 0x0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 target 3 : sxfer_sanity = 0x0, scntl3_sanity = 0x3
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: script : 0x78030300 0x0 0x78050000 0x0 0x90080000 0x0 0x0 0x0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : saved data pointer at offset 24576
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : can't determine active data pointer offset
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 0x11523d8 (virt 0x011523d8) : 0x89030000 0x00014974 (virt 0x00014974)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 0x11523e0 (virt 0x011523e0) : 0x09000400 0x010eb000 (virt 0x010eb000)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : end reconnect_dsa_head
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: mail drew@PoohSticks.ORG
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: The sti() implicit in a printk() prevents hangs
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: scsi1 : nuking commands
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address c0000000
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, Lr3 = 00101000
Aug 28 22:41:48 devnull kerneld: error: exit: Identifier removed
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: *pde = 00102067
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: *pte = 00000027
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: Oops: 0000
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: CPU: 0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: EIP: 0010:[<00000000>]
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: EFLAGS: 00010006
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 0001cdfc ecx: 00040008 edx: 01262810
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: esi: 00013018 edi: 00014018 ebp: 00014018 esp: 001c0770
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 0018 ss: 0018
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: Process swapper (pid: 0, process nr: 0, stackpage=001be984)
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: Stack: 001a474d 0001cdfc 00014018 00000002 00014068 001a4491 00014018 00014018
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 00014018 00014018 00000046 fb7e7000 001a2cad 00014018 001baa63 00000000
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: 00000000 00000000 00014018 00000000 001ba9de 82006080 001a318b 00014018
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: Call Trace: [<001a474d>] [<001a4491>] [<001a2cad>] [<001a318b>] [<001878a0>] [<00
1a1f58>] [<00187870>]
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: [<00116f01>] [<0010cbea>] [<0010c42f>] [<0010996c>] [<0010a8e2>] [<00109570>] [<00110018>] [<00109303>]
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: Code: 01 00 00 00 6f ef 00 f0 c3 e2 00 f0 6f ef 00 f0 6f ef 00 f0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: Aiee, killing interrupt handler
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: kfree of non-kmalloced memory: 001c09cc, next= 00000000, order=0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: kfree of non-kmalloced memory: 001c09bc, next= 00000000, order=0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: kfree of non-kmalloced memory: 001c0ed0, next= 00000000, order=0
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull kernel: idle task may not sleep
Aug 28 22:41:46 devnull last message repeated 4 times
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: idisk I/O error: dev 08:22, sector 2676168
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsi1 : disabled or bad target 4 lun 0
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 25040000
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:22, sector 2676170
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsi1 : disabled or bad target 4 lun 0
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 25040000
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:22, sector 2676172
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsi1 : disabled or bad target 4 lun 0
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 25040000
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:22, sector 2676174
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsi1 : disabled or bad target 4 lun 0
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 25040000
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:22, sector 2676176
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsi1 : disabled or bad target 4 lun 0
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 25040000
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:22, sector 2676178
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsi1 : disabled or bad target 4 lun 0
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 25040000
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:22, sector 2676180
Aug 28 22:42:02 devnull kernel: scsi1 : disabled or bad target 4 lun 0
[ ... and so on until I unmounted as much as possible and hit the
big red button ... ]

Froh

-- 
Frohwalt Egerer                froh@iconsult.com, froh@devnull.franken.de

The only thing scarier than a sysadmin with a screwdriver is a programmer with the root password. -- Steve Barnet