[CentOS] sym53c8xx parity errors

Rodrigo Barbosa
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:47:45 -0000

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This seems to be an old problem, but I haven't found much about it.
SuSE mentions "hwprobe=-pci" but, as far as I know, CentOS doesn't
use it.

This does stop the machine from booting (mounting /) quite a few
times.

Logs:
SCSI subsystem initialized
sym0: <895> rev 0x2 at pci 0000:00:13.0 irq 177
sym0: Symbios NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-40, LVD, parity checking
sym0: open drain IRQ line driver, using on-chip SRAM
sym0: using LOAD/STORE-based firmware.
sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset.
scsi0 : sym-2.1.18j
Using cfq io scheduler
  Vendor: WDIGTL    Model: WDE9180 ULTRA2    Rev: 1.30
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
sym0:0:0: tagged command queuing enabled, command queue depth 16.
 target0:0:0: Beginning Domain Validation
sym0:0:0:ODD transfer in DATA IN phase.
sym0:0:0:COMMAND FAILED (87 0 10).
sym0:0: wide asynchronous.
sym0:0:0:ODD transfer in DATA IN phase.
sym0:0:0:COMMAND FAILED (87 0 10).
sym0:0:0:ODD transfer in DATA IN phase.
sym0:0:0:COMMAND FAILED (87 0 10).
 target0:0:0: Wide Transfers Fail
sym0:0: FAST-40 SCSI 40.0 MB/s ST (25.0 ns, offset 31)
 target0:0:0: Domain Validation skipping write tests
 target0:0:0: Ending Domain Validation
SCSI device sda: 17873040 512-byte hdwr sectors (9151 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 17873040 512-byte hdwr sectors (9151 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
  Vendor: WDIGTL    Model: WDE9180 ULTRA2    Rev: 1.30
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
sym0:1:0: tagged command queuing enabled, command queue depth 16.
 target0:0:1: Beginning Domain Validation
sym0:1:0:ODD transfer in DATA IN phase.
sym0:1:0:COMMAND FAILED (87 0 10).
sym0:1: wide asynchronous.
sym0:1:0:ODD transfer in DATA IN phase.
sym0:1:0:COMMAND FAILED (87 0 10).
sym0:1:0:ODD transfer in DATA IN phase.
sym0:1:0:COMMAND FAILED (87 0 10).
 target0:0:1: Wide Transfers Fail
sym0:1: FAST-40 SCSI 40.0 MB/s ST (25.0 ns, offset 31)
 target0:0:1: Domain Validation skipping write tests
 target0:0:1: Ending Domain Validation
SCSI device sdb: 17873040 512-byte hdwr sectors (9151 MB)
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sdb: 17873040 512-byte hdwr sectors (9151 MB)
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
 sdb: sdb1
Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
(...)
sym0: SCSI parity error detected: SCR1=132 DBC=50000000 SBCL=0
sym0:1: ERROR (81:0) (8-0-0) (1f/97/0) @ (scripta 48:aa1001c2).
sym0: script cmd = f31c0004
sym0: regdump: da 00 00 97 47 1f 01 0e 00 08 81 00 80 00 0f 0a a8 69 df 1f 02 ff
ff ff.
sym0: SCSI BUS reset detected.
sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset.


lcpci:
00:13.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c895 (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 72, IRQ 177
        I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
        Memory at febeff00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Memory at febee000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:13.0 Class 0100: 1000:000c (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 72, IRQ 177
        I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
        Memory at febeff00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Memory at febee000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]


Kernel is still 2.6.9-42.EL.

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Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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