Bug 31638

Summary:	Every second sym53c8xx driver does a lookup on the disk
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Wolfgang Leideck <wolfgang>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.1	CC:	dopey
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Description Wolfgang Leideck 2001-03-13 15:01:14 UTC

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I have a pc with a sym53c8xx scsi controler.
Every second sym53c8xx activates the disk, which is very noisy. 
Here is the output of /var/log/messages:
Mar 13 16:54:01 faerith kernel: sym53c875-0-<6,0>: sync msgout: 1-3-1-c-10.
Mar 13 16:54:01 faerith kernel: sym53c875-0-<6,0>: sync msg in: 1-3-1-c-10.
Mar 13 16:54:01 faerith kernel: sym53c875-0-<6,0>: sync: per=12 scntl3=0x90
scntl4=0x0 ofs=16 fak=0 chg=0.
Mar 13 16:54:01 faerith kernel: sym53c875-0-<6,0>: sync msgout: 1-3-1-c-10.
Mar 13 16:54:01 faerith kernel: sym53c875-0-<6,0>: sync msg in: 1-3-1-c-10.
Mar 13 16:54:01 faerith kernel: sym53c875-0-<6,0>: sync: per=12 scntl3=0x90
scntl4=0x0 ofs=16 fak=0 chg=0.
Whats wrong here? Are sym53c8xx and ncr53c8xx the same or should i use
the ncr53c8xx driver?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install wolverine on a pc with sym53c8xx scsi controler
2. Reboot the pc
3. After some minutes the driver wrotes every second in /var/log/messages
	

Actual Results:  see description

Expected Results:  That there are no regulary lookups on disk.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-03-13 17:13:25 UTC

Is magicdev running?

Comment 2 Wolfgang Leideck 2001-03-28 08:27:11 UTC

Hello.
I have stpped magicdev and the regulary lookup on disk stopped.

Thanks
Wolfgang

Comment 3 Andy Wang 2001-04-26 06:32:21 UTC

I notice this bugzilla entry is resolved.  I am having the same problem with
Kernel 2.4.2-2 that shipped with Red Hat 7.1.  The sym53c8xx module constantly
prints out the following entries:
Apr 25 22:01:06 ganja kernel: sym53c876-1-<2,0>: sync msgout: 1-3-1-0-0.
Apr 25 22:01:06 ganja kernel: sym53c876-1-<2,0>: sync msg in: 1-3-1-1e-0.
Apr 25 22:01:06 ganja kernel: sym53c876-1-<2,0>: sync: per=0 scntl3=0x0
scntl4=0x0 ofs=0 fak=7 chg=0.

Stopping magicdev does indeed make the problem go away.  However, this does not
appear to be a good resolution.  magicdev is intended to be used by people is it
not?
This is happening on a system with a LSI Logic SYM22801 board (53c876 dual
channel).
Since this bugzilla entry was opened against 7.1, I figured I'd attach a note to
this one instead of opening a new entry.  If I should be using a new entry
please let me know.