Robert Sander wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone!
>
> Using the last kernel-releases up to 2.1.125 I got weird scsi timeouts,
> causing me to reboot the machine (GA-686DLX, 2x 233 PII, Adaptec 7880
> controller onboard).
>
> I have the suspect, that this is a cabling problem. Can anybody confirm
> it? I hope this is not a software problem, because I can easier fix the
> hardware. ;-)
>
> I attached the mptable output for convenience.
> The message "stuck on smp_invalidate_needed IPI wait" should not frighten
> me, or should it? The kernel says it sometimes but work is going on and
> I don't think it belongs to the problem.
Hi!
I had the same problem at boot-up with the 2.1.125 kernel. The
scsi-driver reported a lot of time-outs while scanning the bus and could
not boot from a scsi-partition. My system is a Asus P2L97-DS with 2940UW
SCSI.
I checked the termination and updated the bios, but that did not help...
Matthias Hennig
