2.0.21: NCR SCSI errors (lots of them - NOT scsidisk I/O errors)

Chris Fearnley (cjf@netaxs.com)
Wed, 16 Oct 1996 19:32:28 -0400 (EDT)


Greetings,

I just checked /var/log/messages and found a ton of error messages from
the NCR SCSI driver I've included them (as well as the boot up
messages) in the uuencoded attachment. The messages began sometime
ago, but the past 2 days have gotten more voluminous (back on Sept 25
there was another voluminous spell - I can send those too if anyone
wants them). Here is a sampling of some of the messages:

Oct 15 03:58:15 hilda kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 82604, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Write (6) 11 39 24 12 00
Oct 15 03:58:15 hilda kernel: scsi0 : DANGER : command running, can not abort.
Oct 15 03:58:15 hilda kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 82604) timed out - resetting
Oct 15 03:58:15 hilda kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
Oct 15 03:58:15 hilda kernel: scsi0 : DCMD|DBC=0x820b0000, DNAD=0xc85c (virt 0x0000c85c)
Oct 15 03:58:15 hilda kernel: DSA=0x3c21e8 (virt 0x003c21e8)
Oct 15 03:58:15 hilda kernel: DSPS=0xc84c, TEMP=0x3c20ac (virt 0x003c20ac), DMODE=0x88

What does it mean?

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