Re: 2.4.18 kernel hang using Symbios driver

["Rob Byrnes" <robbyrnes@ozemail.com.au>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Estabrook" <Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com>
Subject: Re: 2.4.18 kernel hang using Symbios driver


> On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:23:29AM +1000, Rob Byrnes wrote:
> >
> > Well, here is what comes up on the screen during boot:
> >
> > <snip>
> > SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> > sym.0.5.0: setting PCI_COMMAND_INVALIDATE.
> > sym0: <875> rev 0x1 on pci bus 0 device 5 function 0 irq 23
> > sym0: Tekram NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, SE, parity checking
> > sym0: SCSI bus has been reset.
> > scsi0 : sym-2.1.17a
> > sym0:0:0: ABORT operation started.
> > sym0:0:0: ABORT operation timed out.
> > sym0:0:0: DEVICE RESET operation started.
> > sym0:0:0: DEVICE RESET operation timed out.
> > sym0:0:0: BUS RESET operation started.
> > sym0:0:0: BUS RESET operation timed out.
> > sym0:0:0: HOST RESET operation started.
> > sym0: SCSI bus has been reset
> >
> > The boot sequence hangs at this point.  I don't know why the bus is
being
> > reset either.
>
> Looks like you are using the 2.x version of the SYM driver? I'm not sure
> I've ever tried it, so it may do things a bit differently. Have you tried
> using the older driver?

I'm using the driver in the 2.4.18 kernel, as packaged by Debian ... how
would I go about using a different driver?

Rob


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