2940UW + seagate elite's (4) not working together in linux

[86reddawg]

First off, i'm running the 2.6.0-test9 kernel, but i also didn't have any success with 2.4 either...

anways, the card is eing recognized just fine:

Nov 12 23:23:05 tuffserver PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:0e.0
Nov 12 23:23:05 tuffserver PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:01:00.0
Nov 12 23:23:05 tuffserver scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.35
Nov 12 23:23:05 tuffserver <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter>
Nov 12 23:23:05 tuffserver aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs

originally, i had it compiled into the kernel, not modulized, but after one boot up taking 20 minutes, i decided to make it a module....
here's where the fun begins... modprobe aic7xxx pretty much just sits there forever (overnight at least) but there are a few things spewn out in the message file...


Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver scsi0:A:0: no active SCB for reconnecting target - issuing BUS DEVICE RESET
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SAVED_SCSIID == 0x7, SAVED_LUN == 0x0, ARG_1 == 0xff ACCUM = 0x80
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SEQ_FLAGS == 0xc0, SCBPTR == 0x0, BTT == 0xff, SINDEX == 0x31
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCSIID == 0x7, SCB_SCSIID == 0x7, SCB_LUN == 0x0, SCB_TAG == 0xff, SCB_CONTROL == 0xc0
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCSIBUSL == 0x0, SCSISIGI == 0x46
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SXFRCTL0 == 0x88
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SEQCTL == 0x10
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver scsi0: Dumping Card State in Data-in phase, at SEQADDR 0x1b7
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Card was paused
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver ACCUM = 0x80, SINDEX = 0x31, DINDEX = 0x65, ARG_2 = 0x0
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver HCNT = 0x0 SCBPTR = 0x0
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCSISIGI[0x46]:(REQI|BSYI|IOI) ERROR[0x0] SCSIBUSL[0x0]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver LASTPHASE[0x40]:(IOI) SCSISEQ[0x12]:(ENAUTOATNP|ENRSELI)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SBLKCTL[0x2]:(SELWIDE) SCSIRATE[0x0] SEQCTL[0x10]:(FASTMODE)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SEQ_FLAGS[0xc0]:(NO_CDB_SENT|NOT_IDENTIFIED) SSTAT0[0x7]:(DMADONE|SPIORDY|SDONE)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SSTAT1[0x3]:(REQINIT|PHASECHG) SSTAT2[0x1]:(DUAL_EDGE_ERR)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SSTAT3[0x0] SIMODE0[0x0] SIMODE1[0xac]:(ENSCSIPERR|ENBUSFREE|ENSCSIRST|ENSELTIMO)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SXFRCTL0[0x88]:(SPIOEN|DFON) DFCNTRL[0x0] DFSTATUS[0x29]:(FIFOEMP|HDONE|FIFOQWDEMP)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver STACK: 0x12b 0x0 0x150 0xf3
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB count = 4
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Kernel NEXTQSCB = 2
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Card NEXTQSCB = 2
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver QINFIFO entries:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Waiting Queue entries:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Disconnected Queue entries:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver QOUTFIFO entries:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Sequencer Free SCB List: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Sequencer SCB Info:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 0 SCB_CONTROL[0xc0]:(DISCENB|TARGET_SCB) SCB_SCSIID[0x7]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0x0] SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 1 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 2 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 3 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 4 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 5 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 6 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 7 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 8 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 9 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 10 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 11 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 12 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 13 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 14 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 15 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Pending list:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Kernel Free SCB list: 3 1 0
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dump Card State Ends >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver scsi0:A:0:0: Target did not send an IDENTIFY message. LASTPHASE = 0x40.
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver scsi0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset. 0 SCBs aborted
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver (scsi0:A:0): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver scsi0:A:1: no active SCB for reconnecting target - issuing BUS DEVICE RESET
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SAVED_SCSIID == 0x17, SAVED_LUN == 0x0, ARG_1 == 0xff ACCUM = 0x80
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SEQ_FLAGS == 0xc0, SCBPTR == 0x0, BTT == 0xff, SINDEX == 0x31
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCSIID == 0x17, SCB_SCSIID == 0x17, SCB_LUN == 0x0, SCB_TAG == 0xff, SCB_CONTROL == 0xc0
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCSIBUSL == 0x0, SCSISIGI == 0x46
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SXFRCTL0 == 0x88
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SEQCTL == 0x10
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver scsi0: Dumping Card State in Data-in phase, at SEQADDR 0x1b7
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Card was paused
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver ACCUM = 0x80, SINDEX = 0x31, DINDEX = 0x65, ARG_2 = 0x0
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver HCNT = 0x0 SCBPTR = 0x0
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCSISIGI[0x46]:(REQI|BSYI|IOI) ERROR[0x0] SCSIBUSL[0x0]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver LASTPHASE[0x40]:(IOI) SCSISEQ[0x12]:(ENAUTOATNP|ENRSELI)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SBLKCTL[0x2]:(SELWIDE) SCSIRATE[0x0] SEQCTL[0x10]:(FASTMODE)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SEQ_FLAGS[0xc0]:(NO_CDB_SENT|NOT_IDENTIFIED) SSTAT0[0x7]:(DMADONE|SPIORDY|SDONE)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SSTAT1[0x3]:(REQINIT|PHASECHG) SSTAT2[0x1]:(DUAL_EDGE_ERR)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SSTAT3[0x0] SIMODE0[0x0] SIMODE1[0xac]:(ENSCSIPERR|ENBUSFREE|ENSCSIRST|ENSELTIMO)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SXFRCTL0[0x88]:(SPIOEN|DFON) DFCNTRL[0x0] DFSTATUS[0x29]:(FIFOEMP|HDONE|FIFOQWDEMP)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver STACK: 0x12b 0x52 0x150 0xf3
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB count = 4
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Kernel NEXTQSCB = 3
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Card NEXTQSCB = 3
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver QINFIFO entries:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Waiting Queue entries:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Disconnected Queue entries:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver QOUTFIFO entries:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Sequencer Free SCB List: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Sequencer SCB Info:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 0 SCB_CONTROL[0xc0]:(DISCENB|TARGET_SCB) SCB_SCSIID[0x17]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0x0] SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 1 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 2 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 3 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 4 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 5 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 6 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 7 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 8 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 9 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 10 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 11 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 12 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 13 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 14 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver 15 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Pending list:
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver Kernel Free SCB list: 2 1 0
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver DevQ(0:0:0): 0 waiting
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dump Card State Ends >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver scsi0:A:1:0: Target did not send an IDENTIFY message. LASTPHASE = 0x40.
Nov 12 23:23:20 tuffserver scsi0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset. 0 SCBs aborted
Nov 12 23:23:21 tuffserver scsi0:A:1: Missed busfree. Lastphase = 0xe0, Curphase = 0xe6
Nov 12 23:23:31 tuffserver scsi0:A:1: Missed busfree. Lastphase = 0xe0, Curphase = 0x86
Nov 12 23:23:42 tuffserver scsi0:A:1: Missed busfree. Lastphase = 0xe0, Curphase = 0x86
Nov 12 23:23:53 tuffserver (scsi0:A:1): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
Nov 12 23:23:53 tuffserver scsi0:A:1: no active SCB for reconnecting target - issuing BUS DEVICE RESET
Nov 12 23:23:53 tuffserver SAVED_SCSIID == 0x17, SAVED_LUN == 0x0, ARG_1 == 0xff ACCUM = 0x80
Nov 12 23:23:53 tuffserver SEQ_FLAGS == 0xc0, SCBPTR == 0x0, BTT == 0xff, SINDEX == 0x31
Nov 12 23:23:53 tuffserver SCSIID == 0x27, SCB_SCSIID == 0x27, SCB_LUN == 0x0, SCB_TAG == 0xff, SCB_CONTROL == 0x0
Nov 12 23:23:53 tuffserver SCSIBUSL == 0x2, SCSISIGI == 0xc6
Nov 12 23:23:53 tuffserver SXFRCTL0 == 0x88
Nov 12 23:23:53 tuffserver SEQCTL == 0x10
Nov 12 23:23:53 tuffserver >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

etc, etc - if you want me to post all if it, i will, but it's alot of code, and mostly repetitous

it does the 1-15 lun stuff about 20 times, then finall quits, showing me a sda, sda1 and sdb in my /dev directory... (there are 4 of the same HDs that are properly found and configured by the adaptec bios as scsi devices 0,1 and 14, 15 with the host device at 7...
I should point out that the "smart" adaptec system is used whereby it ignores the scsi device hardcoded jumper setting and makes everything what it wants and doesn't require active termination...

anyways, upon trying to mount hda1, i get this:

Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver scsi0: Bus Device Reset on A:0. 1 SCBs aborted
Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 63
Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 0
Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 1
Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 2
Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 3
Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 4
Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 5
Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 6
Nov 12 23:26:14 tuffserver Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 7
and goes up to about 127, then this:

Nov 12 23:26:15 tuffserver scsi0:A:0: Missed busfree. Lastphase = 0xe0, Curphase = 0xc6
Nov 12 23:26:51 tuffserver login(pam_unix)[3002]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver scsi0:0:0:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver CDB: 0x8 0x0 0x0 0x3f 0x8 0x0
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver scsi0: At time of recovery, card was not paused
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver scsi0: Dumping Card State while idle, at SEQADDR 0x18
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Card was paused
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver ACCUM = 0x2, SINDEX = 0x20, DINDEX = 0xc0, ARG_2 = 0x0
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver HCNT = 0x0 SCBPTR = 0x1
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCSISIGI[0xc6]:(REQI|BSYI|IOI|CDI) ERROR[0x0] SCSIBUSL[0x8]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver LASTPHASE[0x1]:(P_BUSFREE) SCSISEQ[0x1a]:(ENAUTOATNP|ENAUTOATNO|ENRSELI)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SBLKCTL[0x2]:(SELWIDE) SCSIRATE[0x0] SEQCTL[0x10]:(FASTMODE)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SEQ_FLAGS[0xc0]:(NO_CDB_SENT|NOT_IDENTIFIED) SSTAT0[0x5]:(DMADONE|SDONE)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SSTAT1[0x13]:(REQINIT|PHASECHG|PHASEMIS) SSTAT2[0x0]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SSTAT3[0x0] SIMODE0[0x0] SIMODE1[0xa4]:(ENSCSIPERR|ENSCSIRST|ENSELTIMO)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SXFRCTL0[0x80]:(DFON) DFCNTRL[0x4]:(DIRECTION) DFSTATUS[0x6d]:(FIFOEMP|DFTHRESH|HDONE|FIFOQWDEMP|DFCACHETH)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver STACK: 0x45 0xcb 0x191 0x17
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB count = 4
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Kernel NEXTQSCB = 1
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Card NEXTQSCB = 1
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver QINFIFO entries:
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Waiting Queue entries: 1:2
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Disconnected Queue entries: 0:3
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver QOUTFIFO entries:
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Sequencer Free SCB List: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Sequencer SCB Info:
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 0 SCB_CONTROL[0x6c]:(DISCONNECTED|ULTRAENB|TAG_ENB|DISCENB)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_SCSIID[0x7] SCB_LUN[0x0] SCB_TAG[0x3]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 1 SCB_CONTROL[0x68]:(ULTRAENB|TAG_ENB|DISCENB) SCB_SCSIID[0x17]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0x0] SCB_TAG[0x2]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 2 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 3 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 4 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 5 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 6 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 7 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 8 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 9 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 10 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 11 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 12 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 13 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 14 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 15 SCB_CONTROL[0x0] SCB_SCSIID[0xff]:(TWIN_CHNLB|OID|TWIN_TID)
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0xff]:(LID) SCB_TAG[0xff]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Pending list:
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 2 SCB_CONTROL[0x68]:(ULTRAENB|TAG_ENB|DISCENB) SCB_SCSIID[0x17]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0x0]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver 3 SCB_CONTROL[0x68]:(ULTRAENB|TAG_ENB|DISCENB) SCB_SCSIID[0x7]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver SCB_LUN[0x0]
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Kernel Free SCB list: 0
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver DevQ(0:0:0): 0 waiting
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver DevQ(0:1:0): 0 waiting
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dump Card State Ends >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver (scsi0:A:0:0): Device is disconnected, re-queuing SCB
Nov 12 23:27:12 tuffserver Recovery code sleeping
Nov 12 23:27:17 tuffserver Recovery code awake
Nov 12 23:27:17 tuffserver Timer Expired
Nov 12 23:27:17 tuffserver aic7xxx_abort returns 0x2003
Nov 12 23:27:17 tuffserver scsi0:0:1:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message
Nov 12 23:27:17 tuffserver CDB: 0x28 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x80 0x0
Nov 12 23:27:17 tuffserver scsi0: At time of recovery, card was not paused

and then the whole process starts over again, and i can't break the stop the mount command...

I should also note that the drives are being polled, and lights will come on and go off on each HD, and sometimes they will even spin down for about 5 seconds, then spin back up...

at this point i'm beyond confused on what to do... anyone have some pointers for me?

[scampbell999999999]

Are the drives jumped to supply SCSI termination or do you have an actual hardware SCSI terminator installed? Reason I ask is i've given up on getting any Adaptec 2940s to "autoterm". It just doesn't work. The easiest solution is to either jumper the last drive in the chain to supply termination, or install a SCSI terminator. The SCSI terminator will cost ya about $20-40 depending on what country and region you live in.

The next question is: What BIOS rev does your 2940UW have? I have found that flashing the card's BIOS with a later rev fixes some issues.

Other than these two, I can't think of another reason for the weirdness. Anyone else have any ideas?
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[86reddawg]

ok, so slight progress here... the main thing that i changed was having the device aotoconfig everything in the bios right as the pc startsup... i thought this was pointless as it goes through the same routine in linux on startup and takes a bit (10-20 secs or so) - i also had to turn off the SMART auto identify and setup each HD with it's actual ID jumper settings
I've gotten as far as getting the raid stuff set up, and even through my first HD is recognized, it's still having some issues with using raid 5, and it defaults to 3 disks with raid0 i think (cat /proc/mdstat says sda1[F] next to it - if i can get this fixed (may be a HD problem, i dunno) i'll be well on my way to being happy)

btw, i have 2 cards - one has an older bios and one has a new bios on it (as of a month ago) - the new one is currently in there, but had the same problems with the old one as well...

the drives are jumped to supply termination as i don't have a terminator or room left on the cable for one (will eventually have 2 cables with 8HDs on each, and can't find a 9 drive cable)

anyways, i guess most of my problem has been fixed here, just needed to disable the auto-ID feature and enable bios detection (for anyone having these probs as well)

Thanks!