On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 13:01 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: > This causes another machine check because it runs ahc_inb(ahc, SBLKCTL) again. > With debug I get: Exactly. It's not a card state problem; the register simply doesn't exist. It looks like from the source code, it only exists on twin or U2 and above chipsets (i.e. those supporting LVD). Try this patch, which should deduce the bus type for U and below without resorting to the SBLKCTL register. James diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c index e5bb4d8..0b3c01a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c @@ -2539,15 +2539,23 @@ #endif static void ahc_linux_get_signalling(struct Scsi_Host *shost) { struct ahc_softc *ahc = *(struct ahc_softc **)shost->hostdata; - u8 mode = ahc_inb(ahc, SBLKCTL); + u8 mode; - if (mode & ENAB40) - spi_signalling(shost) = SPI_SIGNAL_LVD; - else if (mode & ENAB20) + if (!(ahc->features & AHC_ULTRA2)) { + /* non-LVD chipset, may not have SBLKCTL reg */ spi_signalling(shost) = ahc->features & AHC_HVD ? SPI_SIGNAL_HVD : SPI_SIGNAL_SE; + return; + } + + mode = ahc_inb(ahc, SBLKCTL); + + if (mode & ENAB40) + spi_signalling(shost) = SPI_SIGNAL_LVD; + else if (mode & ENAB20) + spi_signalling(shost) = SPI_SIGNAL_SE; else spi_signalling(shost) = SPI_SIGNAL_UNKNOWN; } - To unsubscribe from this list: 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