On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 06:59 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 06:12 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 23:43 -0700, Paul R. Ganci wrote: > > > Bryan J. Smith wrote: > > > > > > >"Paul R. Ganci" <ganci at nurdog.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Alas, I have the original BIOS installed. I was checking > > > >>and it does appear there are BIOS updates available. > > > >> > > > >Actually, the overwhelming majority of PowerNow/Cool'n Quiet > > > >issues I've seen are due to inappropriate APIC/ACPI/POST > > > >setup by the BIOS. Nearly all BIOS updates fix these issues > > > >in my experience. > > > > > > > Well I did more research and have to clarify my statement. The installed > > > BIOS is v4.05 which indeed was the original BIOS is actually only one > > > version below the last BIOS provided by Tyan for the Tiger MPX > > > (S2466N-4M). The new features and fixes for v4.06 are: > > > > > > Fixes bios resetting during reboot issue. > > > Fixes hang on shutdown issue when no keyboard is present. > > > > > > I find it hard to believe that flashing the BIOS to v4.06 is going to > > > fix the mptscsi problem. > > > > > > I did install 2.6.9-27.ELsmp. This kernel has the same problem as the > > > 2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp. The actual error messages look like: > > > > > > MPTSCSI: ioc0: attempting task abort! (sc=f24891c0) > > > SCSI: destination target 1, lun 0 > > > command = Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 > > > MPTSCSI: ioc0: task abort: SUCCESS (sc=f24891c0) > > > > > > These messages scroll up the monitor with the target drive and sc > > > address changing. This system is only stable if I run 2.6.9-11.ELsmp. > > > Unfortunately I don't find any other information in the log file related > > > to the SCSI errrors indicated above ... the system clearly can't write > > > to the drives and the raid5 array is corrupted. Again I find it hard to > > > believe that the BIOS can be responsible since the system is so stable > > > using kernel 2.6.9-11.ELsmp. > > > > > > I have placed the latest dmesg log, an excerpt of the messages log and > > > my grub.conf in http://www.nurdog.com/~ganci/crash/dmesg, > > > http://www.nurdog.com/~ganci/crash/messages and > > > http://www.nurdog.com/~ganci/crash/grub.conf respectively, in case > > > someone would like to take a look. I would really like to get to the > > > root of this problem and will be happy to provide any other information > > > for anyone willing to help me debug this problem. In the meantime I will > > > just run with 2.6.9-11.ELsmp. > > > > Don't find it hard to believe ... try flashing the BIOS ... :) > > I have had problems like this many, many, many times. > > > > They add lots of things besides what they list in BIOS ugrades. > > > > It might not fix it (I have no experience with this SPECIFIC board) but > > that is always the first thing I check. > > I am using that same driver on a slightly different SCSI controller ... > > scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36 > <Adaptec aic7899 Ultra160 SCSI adapter> > aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs > > With no major issues at all. I looked at the tyan site and see that the SCSI controller is not built on to the board ... so it is a standalone card? Does it have the latest bios? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060105/1f8ac1cb/attachment-0005.sig>