On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 15:02 -0500, K.R. Foley wrote: > I am attaching the relevant part of the successful boot log from > 2.6.12-rc2. I don't have a 2.6.11 boot log handy. I can boot it when I > get home if it will help. I don't know if it is worth mentioning or not, > but I have had to compile in the SCSI drivers since 2.6.12-rc1. Don't > know if it's related to this or not. > > One other note: I spent enough time tracing this to find that the > message "target1:0:0: Beginning Domain Validation" seems to be generated > by code that is in aic79xx_osm. Is this common code or should this code > not be getting executed for aic7899 cards? Actually, the code is in the scsi_transport_spi class. aic79xx still has its own internal domain validation. > I'll be happy to try this when I get home. Thanks ... it may not work; I don't have access to any drives with the problem yours exhibits. > Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36 > Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: <Adaptec aic7899 Ultra160 SCSI adapter> > Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs > Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: > Apr 24 23:23:30 porky kernel: (scsi1:A:0): 20.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15) > Apr 24 23:23:31 porky kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: SX118273LC Rev: 6679 Yes, that's what I suspected. Here the internal aic7xxx DV has silently configured the drive to be narrow. Probably because of cable damage or something else. James - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html