Subject: Re: problems with ahc vs. format command
To: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/11/2001 00:35:31
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 11:41:14PM -0700, Chuck Silvers wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I tried to do a low-level format of a disk attached to an ahc tonight,
> and it didn't work so well:
> 
> ahc0:A:2: no active SCB for reconnecting target - issuing BUS DEVICE RESET
> SAVED_TCL == 0x20, ARG_1 == 0xff, SEQ_FLAGS == 0x40
> sd2(ahc0:0:2:0): SCB 1d - timed out in Data-in phase, SEQADDR == 0x151
> SCSIRATE == 0x0
> sd2(ahc0:0:2:0): BDR message in message buffer
> sd2(ahc0:0:2:0): SCB 1d - timed out in Data-in phase, SEQADDR == 0x151
> SCSIRATE == 0x0
> sd2(ahc0:0:2:0): no longer in timeout, status = 0
> sd2: async, 8-bit transfers, tagged queueing
> ahc0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset. 1 SCBs aborted
> 
> 
> is this a problem with the ahc driver, or something else?

After how much time do the message appear ?
I can be an interger overflow in the timeout computation in the ahc driver.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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