Re: 3Ware cards on RHEL 4.2

[Tom Sightler <ttsig tuxyturvy com>]

On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 16:47 -0400, Jack Neely wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I am attempting to upgrade a server with a 3Ware 7500 series ATA RAID
> card.  The machine has been running AS 3 for a few years and has not
> given me any problems that I've seen today.
> 
> Trying to install RHEL AS 4 the loader will not get past inserting the
> 3w-xxxx module.  Giving errors:
> 
>     3w-xxxx: scsi0: Unit #0: Command (f7a68c00) timed out, resetting
> card. 
> 
> The command address does vary.

This is going to sound like a crazy suggestion, but have you attempted
to use the 'noacpi' option on boot?  It seems like I remember one issue
with a Gigabyte motherboard and a 3-ware 7500 series card where the user
thought it was something to do with the 3-ware driver but it turned out
to be a problem with interrupt routing.

It might be worth trying.

Later,
Tom