Subject: Re: SCSI timeout on boot
To: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@ai.mit.edu>
From: Chris <itchris@syrinx.ucdavis.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/26/1995 17:09:32
>    [...]
>    esp0 targ 2 lun 0: <MAXTOR  LXT-535S        8.73> SCSI1 direct fixed
>    sd2 at scsibus0: 510MB, 1546 cyl, 11 head, 61 sec, 512 bytes/sec
>    [...]
> 
>    When I use new kernel(I made it from the current this morning), those
>    ``timed out'' messages appear at probing LXT-535S.
>    ``esp0 targ 2 lun 0: ...'' was displayed, but at 2nd line, only ``sd2
>    at scsibus0:'' was displayed. After this, I got ``timed out''
>    messages. What is wrong?
> 
> This is a quite different problem than what I was replying to before.
> I don't know what causes it, but it sounds like a bug in esp.c to me.

Was this the one you replied to a bit ago about 'rogue' devices?

With your advice in mind regarding possible cranky firmware on the cdrom,
I disconnected the cdrom, and the esp probe timeouts stop.

I'll be posting the errors as soon as I can get the machine back up.

-Chris

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