Re: Patch for aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2001-01-24 Thread Justin T. Gibbs
>Hello all, > I included everyone (boy + dog) so everyone knows the result. > > After much testing here is the results. I used the following patch > > linux-aic7xxx-6.0.9BETA-2.4.0.diffs > > against the ne 2.4.0 kernel sans my patch and happy to report it > cleaned up the TCQ problem. Thanks for

Re: Patch for aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2001-01-22 Thread Gregory McLean
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Leslie Donaldson wrote: > Jeff Hartmann wrote: > > > > >> There is also a known issue with U160 modes and the currently > > >> embedded aic7xxx driver. > > > > > > > > > That's true the problem is the TCQ command seems to be sequencing wrong. > > > > > > > > >> You might wan

Re: Patch for aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2001-01-21 Thread Leslie Donaldson
Jeff Hartmann wrote: > > >> There is also a known issue with U160 modes and the currently > >> embedded aic7xxx driver. > > > > > > That's true the problem is the TCQ command seems to be sequencing wrong. > > > > > >> You might want to try the Adaptec > >> supported driver from here: > >> > >> ht

Re: Patch for aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2001-01-19 Thread Leslie Donaldson
Jeff Hartmann wrote: > > >> There is also a known issue with U160 modes and the currently > >> embedded aic7xxx driver. > > > > > > That's true the problem is the TCQ command seems to be sequencing wrong. > > > > > >> You might want to try the Adaptec > >> supported driver from here: > >> > >> ht

Re: Patch for aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2001-01-19 Thread Jeff Hartmann
>> There is also a known issue with U160 modes and the currently >> embedded aic7xxx driver. > > > That's true the problem is the TCQ command seems to be sequencing wrong. > > >> You might want to try the Adaptec >> supported driver from here: >> >> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/

Re: Patch for aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2001-01-19 Thread Leslie Donaldson
"Justin T. Gibbs" wrote: > > >This is a temporary patch to keep the scsi driver from eating > >your data I am working on a real fix > > > >Leslie Donaldson > > What is the firmware revision of your Seagate drives? Not using seagate drives this is with quantum see bottom > There >

Re: Patch for aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2001-01-19 Thread Justin T. Gibbs
>This is a temporary patch to keep the scsi driver from eating >your data I am working on a real fix > >Leslie Donaldson What is the firmware revision of your Seagate drives? There were several models shipped in the recent past with firware that would cause the drive to drop off the bus

Patch for aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2001-01-19 Thread Leslie Donaldson
This is a temporary patch to keep the scsi driver from eating your data I am working on a real fix Leslie Donaldson *** linux/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx.c.2.4.0-12 Sat Jan 6 21:55:47 2001 --- linux/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx.cSat Jan 6 22:08:12 2001 *** *** 7073,7078 ***

Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2000-12-31 Thread Leslie Donaldson
Hello, After some crashes this weekend I have tracked the crash to someplace in tagged Command Queue. I noticed 2.4.0 is in the prerelease phase So I will try to get a patch out real soon now the when the 39160 is detected the driver will shut off the TCQ. At least then 2.4.0 will be stable,

Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2000-12-29 Thread Leslie Donaldson
>> While I am in the code I also want to go digging around and see if I >> can find a >> way to turn of the in memory buffering that Linux does for block devices >> as this >> would make my fscking a LOT shorter, (18 gigs is slow), > >No, because you need to do the ordering too. You could drop

Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2000-12-29 Thread Alan Cox
> While I am in the code I also want to go digging around and see if I > can find a > way to turn of the in memory buffering that Linux does for block devices > as this > would make my fscking a LOT shorter, (18 gigs is slow), No, because you need to do the ordering too. You could drop reiserf

Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2000-12-29 Thread Leslie Donaldson
Hello, Just a small followup here, I haven't had a chance to dig throught the driver yet, I did forward a copy to the aic7xxx maintainer, but no response yet. However if you are having problems on an intel platform that is good news. (Non intel platforms get blown off a lot sigh.) This weekend I

aic7xxx 2.4.0 test12 hang

2000-12-28 Thread Armin Obersteiner
hi! kernel: 2.4.0.test12 hardware: Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter (19160) problem: kernel hangs when using my cdrom with cdparanoia to read cdda data. (i have nothing else on the bus for now.) i'd like 2 provide more info, but after 2 *long* fsck ... (maybe tomorrow :-( i've re