ahd driver & PCI-X (64bit) Adaptec 39320D Ultra320 SCSI adapter

[ict technician]

On Friday 28 November 2003 10:08 am, Sander Smeenk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having difficulties with my dual P4 server which has an Adaptec
> 39320D U320 SCSI adapter connected to 64bit PCI (PCI-X). The driver
>
> succeeds to detect the card:
> | ahd0: <Adaptec 39320D Ultra320 SCSI adapter> port
> | 0x7000-0x70ff,0x7400-0x74ff mem 0xfc200000-0xfc201fff irq 10 at device
> | 1.0 on pci3 aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X
> | 101-133Mhz, 512 SCBs ahd1: <Adaptec 39320D Ultra320 SCSI adapter> port
> | 0x7800-0x78ff,0x7c00-0x7cff mem 0xfc202000-0xfc203fff irq 10 at device
> | 1.1 on pci3 aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X
> | 101-133Mhz, 512 SCBs
>
> But later on in the boot process, it always 'fails' like this:
> | ahd1: PCI error Interrupt
> |
> | >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[snip]

>
> At first I thought this was only at boot, because during normal usage I
> couldn't find anything wrong with the controller or disks. But
> eventually it started acting up. I tried googling for answers, searched
> for 'PCI error interrupt', 'Card was paused' and many more combinations,
> but I failed to find any useful information.
>
> Just people who (have?) experience(d?) the same problems, with the same
> ahd driver.
>
> Can someone please shed a light on this matter? Things I could try?
> I'm lost. I really don't know what to do about this. :|
>
> Sander.

What disks? Quote the dmesg.

-- 
i j hart

ICT Technician
Cardinal Newman Catholic School & Community College