Subject: Re: 1.4P and new XP1000 - SCSI problems
To: Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/10/2000 15:07:27
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Ross Harvey wrote:

> Ok, sorry you had problems. To verify...
> 
> > From: Sven Dietrich <spock@sled.gsfc.nasa.gov>
> >
> > Having problems with a new XP1000:
> >
> > - loaded 1.4.1 (up and limping - works fine on old XP1000/500MHz)
> > - "upgraded" to 1.4P (snapshot 19991223) due to SCSI problems
> > - getting "stray 6600 irq 47" messages, then messages about the
> >   SCSI controller having loaded an earlier firmware. These
> >   messages appear when accessing the disk (like gunzip'ing a
> >   file):
> 
> The stray irq message is the problem with the 1223 snap on the new XP1000?
> 
> > isp0: Ultra Mode Capable
> > isp0: Board Revision 1040C, loaded F/W Revision 4.65.0
> > isp0: Last F/W revision was 5.57.1
> > isp0: 243 max I/O commands supported
> > isp0: enabled FW features (0x1)
> 
> > - system dies subsequently
> 
> This is what happened with 1.4.1 on the new HW? But 1.4.1 worked OK on the
> old XP1000?
> 
> 	ross
> 

No- the loading of 4.65 f/w shows that this is a newer snapshot. I still
would like to know what actual problems there are.

-matt