Hi, I'm not a kernel hacker - sorry if I overlooked something obvious :) [1.] One line summary of the problem: Endless list of SCSI-Partitions [2.] Full description of the problem/report: If I boot 2.4.0-test8 or above (I just checked test9-pre2), the aic7xxx-driver shows me an endless list of found partitions - it looks like: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Detected scsi disk sdd at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Detected scsi disk sde at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Detected scsi disk sdf at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 [...] 2.4.0-test2 worked fine (though I couldn't get my GeForce256 working, but that's another story). Though I only tried it with a SMP-kernel, a "linux nosmp" on the lilo-commandprompt had no effect. I tried it with and without "probe all LUNs". The SCSI-driver is a module and loaded via initial ramdisk. [3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): kernel, modules, scsi, initrd, aic7xxx [4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): 2.4.0-test9-pre2 [5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt) No Oops, it just won't continue to boot. [6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the problem (if possible) lilo :*) [7.] Environment (taken from my working 2.2.14-system) [7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here) -- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or look -- unusual then possibly you have very old versions) Linux localhost.localdomain 2.2.14-5.0smp #1 SMP Tue Mar 7 21:01:40 EST 2000 i686 unknown Kernel modules 2.3.15 Gnu C egcs-2.91.66 Gnu Make 3.78.1 Binutils 2.9.5.0.22 Linux C Library 2.1.3 Dynamic linker ldd (GNU libc) 2.1.3 Procps 2.0.6 Mount 2.10f Net-tools 1.54 Console-tools 0.3.3 Sh-utils 2.0 Modules Loaded NVdriver lp parport_pc parport hisax isdn slhc old_tulip st ncr53c8xx aic7xxx [7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo): processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 5 model name : Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 350.799751 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no sep_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr bogomips : 350.62 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 5 model name : Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 350.799751 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no sep_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr bogomips : 349.80 [7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): NVdriver 526912 12 (autoclean) lp 5360 0 (autoclean) parport_pc 7380 1 (autoclean) parport 8068 1 (autoclean) [lp parport_pc] hisax 414032 3 isdn 100460 5 [hisax] slhc 4336 1 [isdn] old_tulip 25244 1 (autoclean) st 24656 0 (unused) ncr53c8xx 52096 0 (unused) aic7xxx 136184 5 [7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-007f : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0300-0300 : HiSax hscx A fifo 0378-037f : parport0 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) 0700-071f : HiSax hscx A 0778-077a : parport0 0b00-0b00 : HiSax hscx B fifo 0f00-0f1f : HiSax hscx B 1300-1300 : HiSax isac fifo 1700-171f : HiSax isac 1b00-1b07 : avm cfg b400-b47f : ncr53c8xx b800-b87f : eth0 d000-d0be : aic7xxx (no /proc/iomem) [7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) 0:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 02) Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 set Region 0: Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0 Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x2 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 set Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: d6000000-d6ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d7f00000-e3ffffff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B+ 00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 set 00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Region 4: I/O ports at d800 [disabled] 00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 set Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 9 Region 4: I/O ports at d400 00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- 00:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U2/W / 7890 Subsystem: Adaptec: Unknown device 000f Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 39 min, 25 max, 32 set, cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9 BIST result: 00 Region 0: I/O ports at d000 Region 1: Memory at d5800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI- D1- D2- PME- Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 22) Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DFE-500TX Fast Ethernet Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 20 min, 40 max, 32 set, cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 14 Region 0: I/O ports at b800 Region 1: Memory at d5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt848 TV with DMA push (rev 12) Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 16 min, 40 max, 32 set Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: Memory at d7000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) 00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c810 (rev 12) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 8 min, 64 max, 64 set, cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at b400 Region 1: Memory at d4800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0100 (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Elsa AG: Unknown device 0c41 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 5 min, 1 max, 248 set Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Region 1: Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) Expansion ROM at d7ff0000 [disabled] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI- D1- D2- PME- Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW+ Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=31 SBA- AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x2 [7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST39102LW Rev: 0004 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-5200 Rev: 3.30 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-6201TA Rev: 1030 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 [7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem (please look in /proc and include all information that you think to be relevant): [X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds: Any help? 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