Conference mr1pst::sco_unix

2568.0. "DAC960 error: Internal log structures getting full" by CSCMA::EARNEST () Thu Apr 03 1997 17:11

SCO build-in "dac960mon" problem with drivers version 4.00 and 4.01 for 
PCI DAC960

SCO OpenServer V has a build in monitor utilities " dac960mon" which does not 
support PCI bus. SCO will automatic start the build-in "dac960mon" monitor 
in multi-user mode. The build-in dac960mon utilities will display the 
following error message:

/etc/dac960mon: [DAC960 Adapter 1]: Internal log structures getting full. 
PLEASE SHUTDOWN AND RESET THE SYSTEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

After that the following message appears on the console, and in the syslog 
about every 10 seconds or so:

WARNING: 

mdac IOCTL called with: dev = 0x00001300, cmd=1145110275 arg=0x080586CC, 
mode=1
....
To disable the build in monitor utilities, user can do this by adding a 
"exit 0" line to the very first line of the file /etc/rc2.d/S00MDAC.  
With the changes, the file should look like this:

( other possible solution is replace "dac960mon" with "dacmon" in the startup 
file if the user want to start the DAC960 monitor utilities on startup )

=====================Start of File=========================================
:
#    add the following exit 0 will bypass the auto startup of monitor utilities
exit 0
#
#       @(#) MDAC 25.1 94/08/19
#
#       Copyright (C) 1994 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
#               All Rights Reserved.
#       The information in this file is provided for the exclusive use of
#       the licensees of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.  Such users have the
#       right to use, modify, and incorporate this code into other products
#       for purposes authorized by the license agreement provided they include
#       this notice and the associated copyright notice with any such product.
#       The information in this file is provided "AS IS" without warranty.
#
#       Start the DAC960/DMC960 monitor when going to multiuser mode.
#
	DRIVER=mdac
	DACS=`grep "adapter.*$DRIVER" < /dev/string/cfg | \
		sed 's/.*ha=//' | sed 's/ .*//'`
	if [ "x$DACS" != "x" ]
	then
		if [ -s /etc/dac960mon ]
		then
	fi
========================================================================

Note 1 :OpenServer driver version 4.00 shipped with Mylex software combine 
	drivers diskette version 1.03. 

Note 2 :OpenServer drivers ver 4.03 will be shipped with Mylex software 
	combined drivers diskette version 1.04 ( schedule to be released in 
	April , 1996 )

Note 3: Detail of operation for the monitor utilities and administration 
	utilities can be found on SCO OpenServer Operating System 
	Administrator's Reference ,volume 1, page 144-150.  It can also be 
	found in Mylex DAC960 Software Kit manual. All DAC960 monitor and 
	administration utilities files are located under /etc directory.

Note 4: This dac960mon problem has been fixed in drivers version 4.03. The 
	build-in utilities "dac960mon" will get replaced during drivers 
	installation. The Monitor utilities for "mdac" drivers version 4.03 
	is call " dac960mon" , same as SCO build-in utilities. Version 4.03 
	drivers is available on Tech Support BBS under filename 
	"OPS5_403.EXE"

Note 5: Whenever you upgrade the drivers and utilities, be sure to do it in 
	Maintenance (Single user) mode.  Problems can result if the utilities 
	are running when you are attempting to do a driver upgrade.  For 
	instance, after a normal installation of the "mdac" DAC960 utilities, 
	DACMON, the monitoring utility, automatically loads when going into 
	multi-user mode.  This will then not get completely updated if you do 
	a subsequent upgrade in multi-user mode.