``Unexpected busfree'' with 2.1.51

[Daniel Unruh]

On 23-Aug-97 Daniel Eischen wrote:
>>> When booting 2.1.51, the kernel hangs during SCSI device detection:
>>> 
>>> [...]
>>> scsi target 3 [...] refusing wide [...]
>>> (scsi0:3:0) Reset device  active_scb 0
>>> scsi0: (targ 3, chan A) matching scb to (targ 3/chan A)
>>> scsi0: (targ 3, chan A) matching scb to (targ 3/chan A)
>>> scsi0: Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE=0xe0, SEQADDR=0x4f
>
>Umm, your drive is telling you it is refusing wide negotiaton.
>It's a narrow drive and seems to be choking on the attempt.
>Disable wide negotiation for the Seagate in Adaptec BIOS.

Yup. That solves the problem.
Funny that wide probing worked with earlier kernels.


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