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Hi mathew: |
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mathewt@××××××.com wrote: |
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> I am able to compile and boot a UP kernel, but I continuously |
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> get these messages on screen during boot and later in the |
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> system logs |
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> [kernel] sd 0:0:0:0: M_REJECT to send for : 1-2-3-1. |
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> seems to come from the SCSI SYM53C8XX_2 driver which handles the |
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> Symbios 53c810 controller chip. I am using these settings in |
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> the kernel config |
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> CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2=y |
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> CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DMA_ADDRESSING_MODE=0 |
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> CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=16 |
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> CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=16 |
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> # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_IOMAPPED is not set |
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> (I tried using IOMAPPED and different DMA modes and number of TAGs |
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> also, but the message still shows up) |
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> in 2.4.30, the driver version is sym-2.1.17a and it works fine |
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> (without any of these REJECT messages), while 2.6.12.5, the |
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> driver version is 2.2.x I believe. |
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> does anyone on the list know of an issue which could cause this ? |
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> is the REJECT message a cause for concern ? (system seem to work |
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> fine as before) |
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Ferdy and me are also suffering a similar problem using 53c810 |
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controller on AS2100. On our alpha, if you try to boot the installcd |
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using a 2.6 kernel you will see a lovely kernel dump. |
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2.6 kernel 53c810 driver seems to be completely broken for us, and |
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indeed, 2.4 driver works just fine. |
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After some investigations, i found (on red-hat alpha mailing list) they |
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patched 2.6 53c810 in some way for the next release of AlphaCore 2.0. |
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After unpacked the patches from red-hat kernel, I saw a lovely |
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linux-2.6.12-ncr810-alpha.patch[1] which could be what we are looking |
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for. If you can give it a try and report the feedback would be c00l. |
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I'm installing a testing machine to work on this problem but still don't |
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have time to check if it works. |
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> also, I have udev, though I have not disabled/removed devfs since |
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> I was not sure if 2.6 is ready for this HW yet |
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I think the problem comes from the kernel driver, udev/devfs have |
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nothing to do with this (imho). |
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> BTW, SMP kernel does not boot. the system goes into a kernel panic |
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> along with machine check and invalid FP emulation instruction etc. |
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> Can 2.6 SMP work on gentoo alpha ? (or only on the newer models ?) |
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2.6 SMP kernels are still broken on alpha. I think there are some people |
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mainly from red-hat trying to fix this at the moment. May be kloeri or |
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agriffis can tell us a bit more about this issue. |
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> I also see that gcc-3.4.4-r1 is marked stable. can that be used for |
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> kernel, glibc, etc. or its only for specific packages ? (I see that |
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> its slotted) |
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A stable gcc should be ready to compile everything!! you can use |
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3.4.4-r1 to compile all your system. |
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> thanks for any comments, pointers or experiences that you could share |
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> thanks, Mathew |
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Always welcome, np |
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[1] http://dev.gentoo.org/~yoswink/tmp/linux-2.6.12-ncr810-alpha.patch |
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YosWinK @ gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Alpha Team |
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