Subject: Re: generic HBA error messages on 1.6beta2
To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/25/2002 10:34:44
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On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Matthias Buelow wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> We've got a Personal Workstation 600AU and have installed the
> 20020618-1.6_BETA2 snapshot from 
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/alpha/snapshot/20020618-1.6_BETA2/
> on it.  Seems to work fine so far but the kernel is spitting out the
> following message in minute intervals:
> 
> sd0(isp0:0:0:0): generic HBA error
> 
> The disks on this channel (2x UW IBM DDRS plus 1x Seagate 4GB
> something, all on the on-board HBA) seem to work ok, despite the
> message.  The second disk (sd1) currently doesn't have a disklabel
> (kernel also spits a message about that fact every now and then
> but I think that's unrelated to the message above.)
> 
> Anybody encountered this or can enlighten me a bit?
> Is it something to be afraid of?

I suppose. It's the translation of XS_DRIVER_STUFFUP.

How about some info as to what QLogic card you have?

If you actually happen to be able to run, try and set debugging on the running
adapter with the attached isp_debug program- set it to 0x1f or 0x3f, as in

isp_debug /dev/scsibus0 0x3f



> JFYI, the machine's got a second HBA, an Adaptec U2W something (sorry,
> I can't provide dmesg output since the kernel message buffer is
> overwritten by now with those messages) with currently no targets
> attached (the adapter was ripped from another alpha, so it generally
> ought to be compatible.)  Besides, it's got a 600Mhz 21164 and 1.5GB
> RAM and a VGA-style framebuffer (don't know which exactly, we use
> it via serial console anyways).  Cabling etc. should be ok.
> Any comments on the kernel message are welcome.
> 
> --mkb
> 
> 

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