when the system boots, it says (from dmesg): scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36 <Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter> aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs scsi0:A:5:0: DV failed to configure device. Please file a bug report against this driver. (scsi0:A:5): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 96, 16bit) Vendor: QUANTUM Model: DLT VS160 Rev: 2000 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install Quantum VS160 tape drive 2.insert tape 3.boot Actual Results: scsi0:A:5:0: DV failed to configure device. Please file a bug report against this driver. Expected Results: I don't know, but probably not asked for a bug report. from lspci: 0000:01:01.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7892A U160/m (rev 02) from dmesg: Linux version 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 (root@noc) (gcc version 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7)) #1 Tue Jun 1 11:12:42 MDT 2004 ... Kernel command line: root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/hda3 init=/linuxrc vga=0x317 idebus=66 st=1048576 ... scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36 <Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter> aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs scsi0:A:5:0: DV failed to configure device. Please file a bug report against this driver. (scsi0:A:5): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 96, 16bit) Vendor: QUANTUM Model: DLT VS160 Rev: 2000 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 ... st: Version 20040318, fixed bufsize 1073741824, s/g segs 256
added version 2004.1, but also happened with 2.4 kernels in 1.4
Could you please file a bug with the upstream kernel developers at bugme.osdl.org? We don't maintain the upstream sources where the st driver is maintained, so your best bet is to file a bug there to get this solved. Thanks!
