I get a huge number of these phase change entries in syslog, just about with ever SCSI transfer. That's with a scanner anyway, on AMD64. As they seem to be harmless, this patch allows to prevent syslog being filled by using verb=0. Perhaps verb=1 should also suppress it? Thanks, Volker --- linux-2.6.13-15.7/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_hipd.c.orig 2005-08-29 11:41:01.000000000 +1200 +++ linux-2.6.13-15.7/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_hipd.c 2006-01-12 22:46:15.000000000 +1300 @@ -2556,6 +2556,11 @@ static void sym_int_ma (struct sym_hcb * * if old phase not dataphase, leave here. */ if (cmd & 2) { + /* Huge number of these phase changes logged in normal use + (at least with a scanner). + Allow to suppress with verb=0. + Volker Kuhlmann, VolkerKuhlmann@xxxxxx 12 Jan 2006 */ + if (sym_verbose >= 1) sym_print_addr(cp->cmd, "phase change %x-%x %d@%08x resid=%d.\n", cmd&7, INB(np, nc_sbcl)&7, (unsigned)olen, -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. - : 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