Re: Deadlock: Linux-2.2.18, sym53c8xx, Compaq ProLiant, HP Ultrium

[Gérard Roudier]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Andreas Haumer wrote:

[...]

> > > The Ultrium hardware error is not reproducable at will. It
> > > just happens every now and then.
> > > Next thing I will try is to use a different SCSI controller
> > > (Adaptec 29160 or the like) to see if the hanging process
> > > occurs with a different SCSI driver, too.
> >
> > This is indeed something to try.
> > I am very interested in the result.
> >
> The controller change is scheduled on December 28th.
> We'll then see how it works in the next weeks/months.
> I'll keep you (and LKML) informend...

Thanks in advance.

In the meantime, you may give a try with the newer major version of the
driver. It is available in latests 2.4.x and 2.5.x kernels and tarballs
usable under not too old linux-2.2.x are ftp-available:

 ftp://ftp.tux.org/roudier/drivers/protables/sym-2.1.x/

sym-2.1.16-20011028.tar.gz should apply to linux-2.2.18.

This new major driver version uses EH threads for error recovery.

  Gérard.