Re: RTL2.2 and aic7xxx

[yodaiken@fsmlabs.com]

On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 09:45:44AM -0500, Guilherme Nelson F De Souza wrote:
> 
>   Sorry, but I got to ask it again. I need rt and I can't
> go back to 2.0.x
>   Does anybody have any idea what this might be?
> 
>    Kernel panic: aic7xxx: AWAITING_MSG for an SCB that does
>       not have a waiting message.                                              

I can't see how this can be a RTLinux problem -- although that is not
proof of anything. This happens at boot ?

>  
>   Thanks,
> 
>     Guilherme
> 
> 
> >Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 23:41:17 -0500 (EST)
> >From: Guilherme Nelson F De Souza <gnelson@ecn.purdue.edu>
> >Subject: RTL2.2 and aic7xxx
> >
> >
> >  Hi,
> >  
> >    I am having problems with the new release, RTL2.2, and the
> >SCSI driver for Adaptec, aic7xxx (in kernel 2.2.14 - Mandrake
> >7.0).
> >
> >    I applied the patches with minor problems in one Makefile
> >and in "arch/i386/defconfig", and all seemed fine: make, make
> >modules, etc. However, when the system boots, I get a "Kernel
> >panic" message saying...
> >
> >   Checking filesystems
> >   ...
> >   Mounting local filesystems
> >   Kernel panic: aic7xxx: AWAITING_MSG for an SCB that does
> >      not have a waiting message.
> >   In swapper task - not syncing
> >   
> >   The exact same source, with the same .config (except for
> >CONFIG_RTL, of course) runs fine.
> >   
> >   Any ideas?  Thanks a lot,
> >   
> >     Guilherme
> >     
> 
> 
> 
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