Re: aic79xx problems

2007-09-21 Thread James Bottomley
On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 09:41 -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 16:34 +0200, Stefan Boresch wrote: > > So, since I seem to have a slightly broken machine at hand, let me > > know whether I can try/test anything to fix the issues the newer > > kernels might have. > > It will take

Re: aic79xx problems

2007-09-20 Thread Julian Calaby
On 9/21/07, Stefan Boresch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will try, but a very dumb question first. If I have a kernel that > crashes because of a disk problem ..., how do I get to save the output? > (Never worked with a serial console, but there might be a first time > for everything ...) But ma

Re: aic79xx problems

2007-09-20 Thread Stefan Boresch
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:41:14AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 16:34 +0200, Stefan Boresch wrote: > > So, since I seem to have a slightly broken machine at hand, let me > > know whether I can try/test anything to fix the issues the newer > > kernels might have. > > It wi

Re: aic79xx problems

2007-09-20 Thread James Bottomley
On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 16:34 +0200, Stefan Boresch wrote: > So, since I seem to have a slightly broken machine at hand, let me > know whether I can try/test anything to fix the issues the newer > kernels might have. It will take me a while to set up the configuration, so the dmesg from the failing

Re: aic79xx problems

2007-09-20 Thread Stefan Boresch
Thank you for both your replies. On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:15:51AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 15:04 +0200, Stefan Boresch wrote: > > I could live with all this if kernels 2.6.2x I have tried would not > > simply crash. When the aic79xx module loads, I get again endless

Re: aic79xx problems

2007-09-20 Thread James Bottomley
On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 15:04 +0200, Stefan Boresch wrote: > I could live with all this if kernels 2.6.2x I have tried would not > simply crash. When the aic79xx module loads, I get again endless > > >> Dump Card State Begins < > > listings, but the warnings / error

Re: aic79xx problems

2007-09-20 Thread James Bottomley
On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 15:04 +0200, Stefan Boresch wrote: > So, if anyone is willing to take a look, here are some facts (again, > please let me know whatever other info you need!). I have put the output of > lspci, dmesg and cat /proc/scsi/aic79xx/0 of the system running a > default Ubuntu dapper i

aic79xx problems

2007-09-20 Thread Stefan Boresch
I am trying to set up a server with an onboard Super Micro AIC 7902B U320 controller under the latest Ubuntu version(s), i.e., using the respective Ubuntu supplied kernels (2.6.20 based for "feisty" and 2.6.22 based for "gutsy"). However, so far all kernels based on 2.6.x, x greater or equal to 20