From owner-aic7xxx Wed Jun 13 12:26:21 2001 Delivered-To: aic7xxx@freebsd.org Received: from aslan.scsiguy.com (aslan.scsiguy.com [63.229.232.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCAC637B409 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:26:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gibbs@scsiguy.com) Received: from scsiguy.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aslan.scsiguy.com (8.11.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f5DJQGU92774; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:26:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from gibbs@scsiguy.com) Message-Id: <200106131926.f5DJQGU92774@aslan.scsiguy.com> To: Margaret Doll Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with an tape backup system In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:27:04 EDT." Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:26:16 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I have downloaded linux-aic7xxx-6.1.5-2.4.2.patch from the "Linux >Drivers Page" at http://people/freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux. Why would you download an out of date patch? The latest driver version is 6.1.13 and patches for 2.4.2-2rh are only available for this version. >I installed the >source for kernel 2.4.2-2 RedHat on my system. >The kernel for 2.4.2-2 includes a 6.15-6.17 patch for aic7xxx. Will I do >any good by applying what seems like an older patch. You should be using this patch: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/linux-aic7xxx-6.1.13-2.4.2-2rh.patch.gz > Since my system seems to be timing out, do I apply the 6.1.5-2.4.2 >patch with the Timeouts do not necessarily imply a defect in the SCSI driver. The sense information in your original post is not caused by a driver defect either. So, updating the driver may not be the panacea you were looking for. > aic7xxx=seltime:0 = Allows a timeout after 256ms. This has to do with selection timeouts (how long to wait for a device to talk back on the bus before assuming no device resides at a given device address). This is different than command timeouts (how long to wait for a device to respond to a command you have transferred to it). I would not expect the seltime setting to have any effect on your problem. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message