From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 24 13:54: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from xxx.video-collage.com (xxx.video-collage.com [209.122.149.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A5937B540; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:53:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mi@dufus.video-collage.com) X-Relay-IP: ‚  Received: from dufus.video-collage.com (dufus [10.222.222.77]) by xxx.video-collage.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA00731; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:53:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200003242153.QAA00731@xxx.video-collage.com> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:53:43 -0500 (EST) From: mi@video-collage.com Reply-To: Mikhail Teterin Subject: Re: AHC_SCBPAGING_ENABLE on 2.2.8-STABLE To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200003242143.OAA47137@caspian.plutotech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 24 Mar, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: = >Hello! Is the AHC_SCBPAGING_ENABLE safe to use with aic7880 adapter = >on the latest (cvsuped two days ago) 2.2.8-STABLE? The comment in = >LINT still warns against it, but it seems to be the standard in = >4.0 and 3.4 now... What about other options -- AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO, = >AHC_TAGENABLE? = No, the option is not safe. Development on the 2.2 era SCSI system = stopped some time ago and the problems with SCB paging were never = addressed there. Thanks for the prompt response. Will I know, I'm in trouble right away (at boot), or will it mysteriously crash some time later? In other words, can I find out if it is safe for my hardware right away? What about the other two AHC_* options? Thanks, -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message