Re: Problem with the OSKit AIC7XXX driver

[Neal H Walfield]

> I have just installed the oskit to try test oskit-mach. I have compiled it
> without any problem and was ready to test the kernels provided as examples.
> I have a Compaq 2 Pentium Pro server with an Adaptec driver (aic7xxx).
> The blkio kernel does find my scsi controller but then fails to initialise
> it with the following set of messages:
> scsi: aborting command doe to timeout: pid 0, scsi 0, channel 0, id 0, lun0
> Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 00
> SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0
> SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
> SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0
> SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder
> 
> 
> As the OSKit is based on the Linux 2.2.12 kernel, I thought about taking
> the 2.2.19 version of the aic7xxx driver. So I compiled the Linux 2.2.19
> kernel and booted from it. No problem. So I replaced the OSKit files with
> the ones from the 2.2.19 kernel and recompiled OSKit and all the examples.
> It is still not able to initialise the card.
> Has anybody come across such a problem?

I had this same exact problem a year a go.  I put some effort into
trying to track down the cause, however, was unsuccessful.  I also
reported it to the oskit mailing list; I never got a reply.