General system info: Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: Linux version 2.4.0-test9 (root@aerie) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #7 Sat Sep 23 09:36:39 PDT 2000 Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: Initializing CPU#0 Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: Memory: 255740k/262016k available (1003k kernel code, 5888k reserved, 94k data, 196k init, 0k highmem) Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K L1 D Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line) Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 512K Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping 01 Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: mtrr: v1.36 (20000221) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdad1, last bus=1 Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1 Sep 23 09:43:54 aerie kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware Here are the timeouts: Sep 23 10:04:19 aerie kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/15/0 Sep 23 10:04:19 aerie kernel: (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 3/255 SCBs Sep 23 10:04:19 aerie kernel: (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 NO, Ext-50 YES) Sep 23 10:04:19 aerie kernel: (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 422 instructions downloaded Sep 23 10:04:19 aerie kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.1/5.2.0 Sep 23 10:04:19 aerie kernel: <Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra SCSI host adapter> Sep 23 10:04:25 aerie kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00 Sep 23 10:04:25 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting Sep 23 10:04:26 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:04:29 aerie kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. Sep 23 10:04:29 aerie kernel: Vendor: CWS ORB2 Model: -SE U ID 0 Rev: D42 Sep 23 10:04:29 aerie kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Sep 23 10:04:29 aerie kernel: Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Sep 23 10:04:35 aerie kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00 Sep 23 10:04:36 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting Sep 23 10:04:36 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:04:37 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder Sep 23 10:04:37 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:04:46 aerie kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 Inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00 Sep 23 10:04:47 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting Sep 23 10:04:47 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:04:48 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder Sep 23 10:04:49 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:04:57 aerie kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 Inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00 Sep 23 10:04:58 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting Sep 23 10:04:58 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:04:59 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder Sep 23 10:04:59 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:05:08 aerie kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00 Sep 23 10:05:09 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting Sep 23 10:05:09 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:05:10 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder Sep 23 10:05:10 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:05:20 aerie kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 Inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00 Sep 23 10:05:20 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting Sep 23 10:05:20 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:05:22 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder Sep 23 10:05:22 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:05:31 aerie kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 Inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00 Sep 23 10:05:31 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting Sep 23 10:05:31 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:05:33 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder Sep 23 10:05:33 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:05:36 aerie kernel: Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.7, 09:40:27 Sep 23 2000 Sep 23 10:05:36 aerie kernel: emu10k1: EMU10K1 rev 7 model 0x8031 found, IO at 0xff80-0xff9f, IRQ 9 Sep 23 10:05:37 aerie kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California Sep 23 10:05:37 aerie kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.1 Sep 23 10:06:06 aerie kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 Sep 23 10:06:06 aerie kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting Sep 23 10:06:06 aerie kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. Sep 23 10:06:10 aerie kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. Sep 23 10:06:17 aerie kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered Sep 23 10:06:17 aerie kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered Sep 23 10:06:20 aerie kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Prevent/Allow Medium Removal 00 00 00 01 00 Sep 23 10:06:20 aerie kernel: SCSI device sda: 4307184 512-byte hdwr sectors (2205 MB) Sep 23 10:06:20 aerie kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Sep 23 10:06:20 aerie kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 > When I build the SCSI stuff into the kernel, I get the following: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/15/0 (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 3/255 SCBs (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 NO, Ext-50 YES) (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 422 instructions downloaded scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.1/5.2.0 <Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra SCSI host adapter> (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. Vendor: CWS ORB2 Model: -SE U ID 0 Rev: D42 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 4307184 512-byte hdwr sectors (2205 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 > Here are the kernel options I am using for the in-kernel build: CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40 CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG_QUEUES=y CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=8 CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=5 Here are the options for the module build: CONFIG_SCSI=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40 CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG_QUEUES=y CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=m CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=8 CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=5 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/