I'm pretty sure this is fixed in more recent kernels. It's not a
driver issue, but an issue with the higher level SCSI code. I think
you need at least 2.0.36.
A workaround is to disable the hot swap backplane by setting jumper J1
on the backplane to Force Update.
Larry
Pekka Pietik{inen writes:
> Hi
>
> I've been trying to get linux installed on a N440BX + intel astor
> chassis system without any luck. When linux scans the bus I get the following
> error (id 6 is the hotswap controller, which is detected as "ESG-SHV SCA
> HSBP M5 0.47" by the NCR bios). I've tried most combinations of sync/wide
> options in the bios without success and used both ncr53c8xx and sym53c8xx
> drivers.
>
> I kludged it to work by hacking scsi.c to ignore device 6 completely when
> scanning the bus and after that it behaves perfectly. If there's no better
> solution should that device just be blacklisted?
>
> (this is from a scsi add-single-device 0 0 6 0)
>
> scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 27964, scsi0, channel 0, id 6,
> lun 0 Inquiry 00 00 00 ff 00
> ncr53c8xx_abort: pid=27964 serial_number=27975
> serial_number_at_timeout=27975
> ncr53c876-0: abort ccb=c0084ac0 (cancel)
> SCSI host 0 abort (pid 27964) timed out - resetting
> SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
> ncr53c8xx_reset: pid=27964 reset_flags=2 serial_number=27975
> serial_number_at_timeout=27975
> ncr53c876-0: restart (scsi reset).
> ncr53c876-0: Downloading SCSI SCRIPTS.
>
> PS. Please Cc: replies to me as I'm not on the list...
>
> --
> Pekka Pietikainen, Net People Ltd., Oulu, Finland
>
>
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