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Subject: Aic7xxx driver instability with the Quantum Atlas
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:09:28 -0800
From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com>
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This is just a heads up that the dreaded "Queue Full" problem with
the Quantum Atlas and the aic7xxx driver has been found.  Unfortunately
the fix is not as simple as downloading a new version of the FreeBSD
driver.  The problem is a bug in level 912 of the Atlas firmware.   You
can obtain the necessary files to upgrade your firmware from Quantum's
ftp site.  You will have to run Dos and Adaptec's ASPI drivers
in order to download the firmware to the drive.  The URL is:

ftp://ftp.qntum.com/pub/support/Firmware/Atlas

Owners of Atlas-II drives may also want to look into upgrading their firmware
to the latest.  The release notes of the upgrade I found mention a few tagged
queueing bugs although there is no mention of the "Queue Full" problem.  Seeing
as the didn't mention it directly for the Atlas either, it may be that they
fixed the same problem for the Atlas-II as well.  The URL is:

ftp://ftp.qntum.com/pub/support/Firmware/Atlas-II

I hope you all have many happy "Queue Full" free days ahead. 8-)
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Justin T. Gibbs
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