it's never set to anything, and just three broken drivers are looking at it and doing odd things. Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c 2005-06-19 00:16:48.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c 2005-06-19 11:47:20.000000000 +0200 @@ -419,11 +419,6 @@ return 1; } - if(cmd->eh_state != SCSI_STATE_QUEUED){ - // If we are not doing error recovery - mod_timer(&cmd->eh_timeout, timeout); - } - // TODO if the cmd->device if offline then I may need to issue a bus rescan // followed by a get_lct to see if the device is there anymore if((pDev = (struct adpt_device*) (cmd->device->hostdata)) == NULL) { Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/eata.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/eata.c 2005-06-19 00:16:48.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/eata.c 2005-06-19 11:46:55.000000000 +0200 @@ -1899,16 +1899,6 @@ printk("%s: abort, mbox %d, interrupt pending.\n", ha->board_name, i); - if (SCarg->eh_state == SCSI_STATE_TIMEOUT) { - unmap_dma(i, ha); - SCarg->host_scribble = NULL; - ha->cp_stat[i] = FREE; - printk - ("%s, abort, mbox %d, eh_state timeout, pid %ld.\n", - ha->board_name, i, SCarg->pid); - return SUCCESS; - } - return FAILED; } Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c 2005-06-19 00:16:48.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c 2005-06-19 11:47:01.000000000 +0200 @@ -1372,15 +1372,6 @@ if (inb(sh[j]->io_port + REG_SYS_INTR) & IRQ_ASSERTED) printk("%s: abort, mbox %d, interrupt pending.\n", BN(j), i); - if (SCarg->eh_state == SCSI_STATE_TIMEOUT) { - unmap_dma(i, j); - SCarg->host_scribble = NULL; - HD(j)->cp_stat[i] = FREE; - printk("%s, abort, mbox %d, eh_state timeout, pid %ld.\n", - BN(j), i, SCarg->pid); - return SUCCESS; - } - return FAILED; } Index: linux-2.6/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h 2005-04-30 10:17:20.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h 2005-06-19 12:00:47.000000000 +0200 @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ struct list_head list; /* scsi_cmnd participates in queue lists */ struct list_head eh_entry; /* entry for the host eh_cmd_q */ - int eh_state; /* Used for state tracking in error handlr */ int eh_eflags; /* Used by error handlr */ void (*done) (struct scsi_cmnd *); /* Mid-level done function */ - : 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