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From: peter@cyklop.volvo.se (peter hakanson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: SMC Elite/Buslogic Problem? Help!!
Date: 13 Sep 1996 15:20:29 GMT
Organization: Volvo Corp.
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Looking at the output it's really the scsi controller
that complains.
I have seen this with a specific revision of exabyte DAT, it
was fixed by upgrading to a newer revision.
Regards
Christos S. Varitimos (stud@yomamashouse.com) wrote:
: Hello All,
: I seem to have a problem and hopefully someone on this list will be able
: to help me. The problem started about 2 weeks ago. With some
: investigative work we tracked the problem down to network spikes which was
: causing our NE2000 compatible Ethernet card to hang. In looking around
: some old BSDI postings I found that this was a known problem and BSDI
: recommended not using NE2000 compatible cards. So we went out and
: purchased an SMC Elite16C Ultra. Well the install went great. We shut the
: system down pulled the old card out and put the new one in. Booted the
: system up in single user mode changed over the /etc/netstart iface=ne0
: line to read iface=we0 and hit control-D and the system was running like a
: charm! Well about an 90 minutes latter the console screen was full of
: lines reading:
: bha0 - Operation time exceeds 10 seconds
: bha0 - Operation time exceeds 20 seconds
: bha0 - Operation time exceeds 30 seconds
: bha0 - Operation time exceeds 40 seconds
: These where those nice blue lines that really scare you! Basically from
: this point on you could not access any of the scsi devices thus the system
: was useless. We rebooted and everything seemed fine. Approx. 90 minutes
: latter BOOM the same thing happens. We pulled the SMC card out and put the
: old NE2000 card back in and all has been fine. However we know that at any
: minute the NE2000 card could hang. So if anyone has any help here please
: email me. The following log may or may not help.
: Thanks,
: Douglas L. Smith
: systemdls@mdc.net
: Sep 12 02:51:01 netway1 kernel: BSDI BSD/OS 2.0.1 Kernel #9: Tue Sep 10
: 06:56:28 EDT 199
: Sep 12 02:51:01 netway1 kernel: root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/LOCAL
: Sep 12 02:51:01 netway1 kernel: cpu = Pentium model 2, stepping 5
: Sep 12 02:51:01 netway1 kernel: delay multiplier 2560
: Sep 12 02:51:01 netway1 kernel: real mem = 67108864
: Sep 12 02:51:02 netway1 kernel: avail mem = 64176128
: Sep 12 02:51:02 netway1 kernel: buffer cache = 6668288
: Sep 12 02:51:02 netway1 kernel: isa0 (root)
: Sep 12 02:51:02 netway1 kernel: pccons0 at isa0 iobase 0x60 irq 1: color, 8
: screens
: Sep 12 02:51:02 netway1 kernel: pcaux0 at isa0 iobase 0x60 irq 12
: Sep 12 02:51:02 netway1 kernel: com0 at isa0 iobase 0x3f8 irq 4: buffered
: (16550AF)
: Sep 12 02:51:02 netway1 kernel: digi0 at isa0 iobase 0x224 irq 15 maddr
: 0xb0000-0xb7fff PC/Xem
: Sep 12 02:51:02 netway1 kernel: digi1 at isa0 iobase 0x324 irq 11 maddr
: 0xb0000-0xb7fff PC/Xem
: Sep 12 02:51:02 netway1 kernel: lp0 at isa0 iobase 0x378 irq 7
: Sep 12 02:51:03 netway1 kernel: fdc0 at isa0 iobase 0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2
: Sep 12 02:51:03 netway1 kernel: fd0 at fdc0 slave 0: 1.44M HD 3.5
: Sep 12 02:51:03 netway1 kernel: npx0 at isa0 iobase 0xf0
: Sep 12 02:51:03 netway1 kernel: vga0 at isa0 iobase 0x3c0 maddr
: 0xa0000-0xaffff
: Sep 12 02:51:03 netway1 kernel: bha0 at isa0 iobase 0x330 irq 10: Buslogic
: BT-{445S,747,742,946C} rev 42 (32-bit)
: Sep 12 02:51:03 netway1 kernel: bha0: delaying to permit certain devices to
: finish self-test
: Sep 12 02:51:03 netway1 kernel: bha0: synch negotiation, parity, bus
: transfer 5 Mb/s, bus on/off 7/4 us
: Sep 12 02:51:03 netway1 kernel: tg0 at bha0 target 0
: Sep 12 02:51:03 netway1 kernel: sd0 at tg0 unit 0: SEAGATE ST31230N rev
: 0290 (SCSI-2) 2069860*512
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: tg0: synch transfer period 200 ns, offset
: 15 (5 MB/s), disconnect off
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: tg1 at bha0 target 1
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: sd1 at tg1 unit 0: SEAGATE ST32430N rev
: 0300 (SCSI-2) 4197405*512
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: tg1: synch transfer period 200 ns, offset
: 15 (5 MB/s), disconnect off
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: tg2 at bha0 target 2
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: st0 at tg2 unit 0: CONNER CTMS 3200 rev
: 7.00 (SCSI-2) streaming (512) tape
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: tg2: synch transfer period 200 ns, offset
: 15 (5 MB/s), disconnect off
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: tg3 at bha0 target 3
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: sd2 at tg3 unit 0: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-3601TA
: rev 0725 (SCSI-2) removable
: Sep 12 02:51:04 netway1 kernel: tg3: synch transfer period 200 ns, offset
: 15 (5 MB/s), disconnect off
: Sep 12 02:51:05 netway1 kernel: pci configuration mechanism 1
: Sep 12 02:51:05 netway1 kernel: we0 at isa0 iobase 0x280 irq 3 maddr
: 0xd0000-0xd3fff
: Sep 12 02:51:05 netway1 kernel: we0: WD8013EPC 16bit address
: 00:00:c0:be:44:4c
: Sep 12 02:51:05 netway1 kernel: pe0 at isa0/lp0
: Sep 12 02:51:05 netway1 kernel: xir0 at isa0/lp0
: Sep 12 02:51:05 netway1 kernel: changing root device to sd0a
: Sep 12 02:51:05 netway1 kernel: bha0: warning, interrupts not working,
: using polling
: Sep 12 02:52:32 netway1 init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1
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