I'm sending this both to linux-smp and the maintainer
of the aic7xxx driver for linux, because I am not certain
where the problem is:
I have a very repeatable failure - on my SuperMicro
dual PIII motherboard with an onboard 7892 controller
under moderate to heavy disk load i get the
"unexpected IRQ vector 217 on CPU#0" error.
After that the SCSI driver gets into a loop out of which
it never comes out ("aborting command due to timeout...",
I can furnish the exact report if necessary)
I have seen mention of it on the net in connection to
the aic7xxx driver and some NIC drivers, but no suggested
solution. I'd love to track it down but I have only a superficial
undesrtanding of SCSI drivers and the SMP part of the kernel.
If some of the authors of the SMP or the SCSI part is willing
to work with me to help me track and eliminate this problem -
please let me know directly - I can recreate this condition very
consistently. If there is a solution (besides upgrading to 2.3.99)
I would love to know also.
Thank you,
-ilia
PS My last attempt was a 2.2.16-RAID kernel - same result.
-- -------------------------------------+---------------------- Ilia Baldine | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Research Engineer, | ph#:(919)248-1847 Advanced Networking Research, MCNC | FAX:(919)248-1455 -------------------------------------+---------------------- "I used to think the brain was the most important part of the body, but then I realized who was telling me that." -Emo Philips ------------------------------------------------------------
