AS 600 5/266 scsi errors on RH 5 install

[Kristoffer Rose ens-lyon fr]

Dear Bill,

> I've gotten to the point where I can boot from the SRM console, but after 
> loading up the compressed kernel images I get timeout errors and then a hang 
> re. the SCSI bus. I'm using alcor-s.img to boot from, and using the line
> boot dva0 -file vmlinux.gz -flags "load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1 
> root=/dev/fd0"
> 
> The controller is a QISP 1020 - which is said to be supported. Here are the 
> errors:
> 
> SCSI: QLogic ISP 1020 on PCI bus 1 device 1 irq 33 base 0x9000
> SCSI: 2 hosts
> (finds the hdds - both DEC RZ26L Rev 442E)
> SCSI: aborting command due to time out: pid 14
>            scsi channel0 id5 lun0
> Qlogicisp: mbox_command loop timeout #2
> Qlogicisp: scsi abort function: 8002
> 
> then hangs with
> probably an unrecoverable SCSI bus or device hang
> 
> This box has NT 351 on the first of the hdds, so I know it works. Darn...so 
> close. Any suggestions?????

This looks very much like the porblem I had on the Miata (PWS500a) fixed by
Loic Prylli's patch on <URL: http://lhpca.univ-lyon1.fr/axp/> : the symptom
is that the SCSI is detected WITH IRQ 0 (zero).  Is that your problem?

Cheers,
	Kristoffer [still without network on a new Miata]
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