Re: DC-390: Debian broke it!
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Kurt Garloff wrote:
> > I filed Debian bug# 56634.
> >
> > I have a Tekram DC-390. Error message:
> > DC390: RESTORE POINTER message received... reject
> > scsi: aborting command due to timeout: pid 24, ... (status 4)
> > [and 1/2 a screen full of other stuff, then booting halts]
> The message cited above is from my driver (tmscsim/DC390/AM53C974 driver),
> not the AM53C974. Sorry for the name confusion!
> > I noticed from Kurt Garloff's DC-390 site that the version of the AM53C974
> > driver changed from 1.x to 2.x after kernel 2.0.36. Does that help explain
> > why Debian '390 support is broke after the 2.1.9 boot floppies with the
> > 2.0.36 kernel?
>
> Do I correctly understand, that the _new_ 2.0d driver included into kernel
> 2.0.36+ and 2.2.x broke the boot process?
> In that case, a bug report should have gone to me!!!
>
>
> > However, I now run Mandrake 6.1 for production use. That has kernel
> > 2.2.13pre. No problems!
>
> So what. Tell us what version of the driver is included there and what
> version failed for you. There is no way developers can track the versions
> of their drivers put into all the distros. I just happen to know it for the
> one I use and develop.
> > I will try to help you all diagnose this bug, however. Tell me what you
> > need from me, and how to do it. I do have some related experience.
>
> The version of the working drivers and the ones of the non-working ones.
> Are displayed on driver initialization (i.e. kernel boot time or module load
> time) and can also be displayed by cat /proc/scsi/tmscsim/?
>
> A hint to the debian people: I don't know what version you used. If it is
> 2.0d, I might ask you to try the latest one (2.0d28) from my web page
> http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/dc390/ ?
> The RESTORE POINTER message there is handled.
>
> It should be sent to Linus for kernel inclusion anyway, but I'm sometimes
> trying to be too perfect ...
>
> Regards,
> --
> Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> Eindhoven, NL
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> SuSE GmbH, Nuernberg, FRG SCSI, Security
Boot fails (see above):
Debian boot floppies 2.2.7: AM53C974 v2.0d 1998/12/25
(From the console screen during boot attempts.)
Boots and runs fine:
Mandrake 6.1: AM53/79C974 PCscsi driver rev. 0.5; host I/O address...
(From /var/log/message* and /proc/scsi/am53c974/0.)
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Eddie Maddox
eddie@mngovsci.com
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