[comp.sys.dec] UDA-50 error messages

bossert@entropy.ms.washington.edu (John Bossert) (12/11/87)

I've been seeing the following occasionally:

        uda0: hard error, disk transfer, unit 1
              grp 0x0, hdr 0x540

        uda0: hard error, SDI error, unit 1
              event 0353 hdr 0x0

        uda0: hard error, disk transfer, unit 1
              grp 0x0, hdr 0x2d0

        uda0: hard error, SDI error, unit 1
              event 0353 hdr 0x0

From looking at the code for uda.c, I see that they're MSCP
error log packets.  Unfortunately, I can't find info on the
particulars.  Doctors, the prognosis?

VAX 750, 4.2bsd, UDA50, RA81's.  Thanks.

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chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (12/15/87)

In article <682@entropy.ms.washington.edu> bossert@entropy.ms.washington.edu
(John Bossert) writes:
>         uda0: hard error, disk transfer, unit 1
>               grp 0x0, hdr 0x540

The important value (`event') is missing from this one.

>         uda0: hard error, SDI error, unit 1
>               event 0353 hdr 0x0

I have no idea what an `SDI error' is (although one can imagine
the missiles coming in, and the harried army technician staring
at `bus error (core dumped)', or, more likely,

	Array subscript error: index 5121798 not in range
	Begin traceback:
	   VerifyRadarScan	in module RadarScanner
	   CheckMissileProfile	in module AnalyzeProfile
	   ...
	End traceback
	Do you want an image dump? [yn]

but never mind that).  The `event 0353', however, decodes
as `drive error (drive detected error)'.  `hdr 0x540' indicates
logical block number 1344; for this kind of error, the block
number is usually irrelevant.
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