E/ISA Board Power-Up Messages

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Message:

No EEPROM Data -> EISA Card ID: eisa_id

Cause:

An EISA card identified itself, but non-volatile memory (NVM) has no configuration data for the slot.

Action:

Run eisa_config to update NVM.

Message:

Cannot read EISA card ID

Cause:

NVM recognizes that the card exists, but cannot read its ID.

Action:

If a card is present, there is a hardware problem. Replace the card. If a card is not present, ignore the message.

Message:

Board ID: eisa_id inconsistent with NVM ID: eisa_id

Cause:

The ID read from the card does not match the card ID information stored in NVM.

Action:

If board has been moved, run eisa_config in automatic mode. If this message persists after running eisa_config and updating NVM, replace the board. If board has been removed, ignore the message.

Message:

Bad eeprom data for board eisa_id

Cause:

An attempt to read the NVM configuration information failed. This represents a system problem.

Action:

Call your HP representative.

Message:

Error initializing board eisa_id

Cause:

An attempt to initialize the card with the stored NVM initialization data failed.

Action:

Check CFG file for inaccuracies. Suspect a hardware problem.

Message:

EISA Board ID:eisa_id ignored Board not present or driver not configured into kernel

Cause:

The ID displayed was obtained from NVM, not the card. Either an ISA card is present, but not its driver or the driver is present, but not the card. (Since ISA cards do not identify themselves, only the card's driver can verify its existence.)

Action:

Ensure the card in installed and verify that the driver is configured into the kernel.

Message:

EISA Board ID: eisa_id ignoredDriver not configured into kernel

Cause:

The system found the EISA card, but not its driver.

Action:

Verify that the driver is configured into the kernel.

Message:

EISA Board ID: eisa_id ignored, error initializing board

Cause:

A driver accepted this card, but failed to initialize it.

Action:

This is probably a defective card.

Message:

EISA: eisa_last_attach not called, bad driver in kernel

Cause:

If a driver does return correctly from its attach routine, this will panic the kernel. Assuming that the drivers installed are working, this message should never appear.

Action:

If you are using a non-HP card and driver, remove both the card and driver and try again. If error does not recur, the non-HP driver is bad. If the error recurs, call your HP representative.

Messages:

EISA WARNING: mapping in system board failed EISA WARNING: mapping in I/O map entries failed

Causes:

System encountered problems either in creating virtual-to-physical mappings of the EISA system board registers or in attempting to initialize a system board resource.

If either of these messages appear while booting from EISA SCSI, the system will fail to boot. If booting from other than EISA SCSI, the EISA cards will not be recognized.

Action:

Call your HP representative.

Message:

slot_num Slot EISA Expander Initialized: eisa_id

Cause:

This informational message indicates that the bus adapter located between the EISA bus and the host system bus initialized properly. It also indicates how many slots the kernel is configured to recognize.

Action:

None.

Message:

EISA SLOT slot_num

Cause:

This informational message indicates which slot is currently being initialized. When successful, each driver displays its own initialization message. For example:

EISA SLOT 1: driver_specific_message

Action:

None.

Message:

Successfully Initialized EISA Boot Device

Cause:

The system recognized a special case. If the system boots from EISA SCSI before EISA SCSI configuration information is stored in NVM, the processor-dependent code uses default configuration data that might conflict with other EISA cards in the system. To handle this, the system ignores all cards except the boot EISA SCSI during the first power-up and continues a limited boot.

If eisa_config (run in /sbin/bcheckrc) can create a valid configuration, it records it in NVM and the system.sci file, and the system is automatically rebooted. If a valid configuration cannot be created, eisa_config issues an error message, the system comes up with the other cards unusable. In this case, you can run eisa_config interactively to fix the configuration and to reboot manually.

Action:

None.

Message:

Skipping

Cause:

Either the slot is empty, or NVM reports the slot is empty, or the slot has an ISA card but no EEPROM data, or the slot was skipped because of an already cited circumstance.

Action:

None.

Message:

EISA card id eisa_id in slot slot_num had fatal error

Cause:

An EISA card asserted the IOCHK line indicating a fatal error. An expansion card might do this if there was a parity error on a memory card. (Not all cards assert IOCHK.)

Action:

Replace the card.

Messages:

EISA_WARNING: unable to allocate eeprom_geninfo EISA_WARNING: unable to allocate eeprom_slot_info for slot 0 EISA_WARNING: unable to allocate eeprom_slot_info EISA WARNING: unable to allocate: func_data EISA_WARNING: unable to allocate eeprom_cfg_header EISA WARNING: unable to allocate eeprom WARNING: unable to map eeprom registers EISA WARNING: unable to map eeprom

Cause:

These warnings indicate system problems when attempting to allocate resources necessary for EISA initialization. If booting from an EISA device, the system will not boot up. If not booting from an EISA device, the system will boot up but EISA will not be initialized.

Action:

Call your HP representative.

Message:

EISA_WARNING: NVM checksum invalid, clearing eeprom

Cause:

A checksum failed when performed on NVM at power-up, causing the system to erase the contents of non-volatile memory. As EISA comes up, it will complain that NVM data is missing for cards that identify themselves. eisa_config running from /etc/bcheckrc will automatically generate data for and reconfigure the EISA cards that are present. You will need to reconfigure ISA cards, by running eisa_config interactively.

Action:

Follow instructions in “Configuring E/ISA Boards Using Interactive Mode ”.