>I've installed kernel 2.4.5 on my box and 3 days later i got this >message (repeated) > >May 29 10:33:31 phaistos kernel: scsi0:0:0:0: Cmd aborted from QINFIFO >May 29 10:33:31 phaistos kernel: aic7xxx_abort returns 8194 >May 29 10:33:31 phaistos kernel: scsi0:0:0:0: Attempting to queue an >ABORT message A full set of messages with "aic7xxx=verbose" will give me more information to go by. You might need to use a serial console to capture all of the messages. >The driver i installed is the new AIC7xxx >the hardware is > >SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 >ahc_pci:0:11:0: Using left over BIOS settings >scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.1.13 > <Adaptec aic7880 Ultra SCSI adapter> > aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs > > Vendor: WDIGTL Model: ENTERPRISE Rev: 1.91 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 These are really crappy drives. They've had lots of problems with tagged queuing. The drive may perform better if you limit the number of tags it recieves via config or the LILO tags setting documented in drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_linux.c. -- Justin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
