Subject: Re: install kernel hangs on scsi probe
To: Vincent <10.50@free.fr>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-amd64
Date: 05/18/2005 20:03:22
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 05:42:19PM +0200, Vincent wrote:
> Salut ! :)
>
> I've received today, for a limited amount of time (2 weeks) an HP xw9300
> workstation (dual Opteron).
>
> When I try to install NetBSD on it, it appears the SCSI bus works at best not at
> all :) I have thousand of "command timeout" like this :
>
> probe(mpt0:0:*:0) command time out
> mpt0 recovered from command timeout.
>
> Idem for mpt1. Idem for initial bus probe. Any probe takes forever (30 secondes)
> between each LUN. At some point, the disk sd0 and sd1 are detected, but then it
> continues by timeouting when accessing sd0 and sd1.
>
> It is as if the SCSI bus were clocked at one pulse/minute.
>
> Of course, sysinst does not detect any valid disk, and quits.
>
> Any clue ?
Looks like interrupt routing issue (the driver isn't getting interrupts).
Try playing with the PCIBIOS/ACPI options.
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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