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Date:      Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:46:56 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
To:        alvaro@cantv.net (Alvaro Carvajal)
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Tag Enable on an Adaptec 2944UW
Message-ID:  <199903222046.NAA68154@panzer.plutotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990322145829.0302c7a0@pop.cantv.net> from Alvaro Carvajal at "Mar 22, 1999  2:58:29 pm"

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Alvaro Carvajal wrote...
> Hello.
> 
> We have setup various FreeBSd boxes running 2.2.6, connected
> to BoxHill Turbo 5300 RAID Systems. We're using Adaptec 2944UW
> scsi cards to connect to the RAID Systems and have the
> following options set on the kernel file:
> 
> options         AHC_TAGENABLE
> options         AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO
> 
> We were looking for an option to control the number of scsi
> commands that can be queued.
> 
> I know that in Solaris 2.6, you can do it by modifying the
> /etc/system file, adding this line:
> 
> set sd:sd_max_throttle = 32
> 
> Is there a way to do the same on FreeBSD?

Sort of, although it's a hard coded value in the sd driver.  It would be a
lot easier if you upgrade to FreeBSD 3.1.  FreeBSD 3.1 will queue as many
commands to the RAID array as it can handle.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@plutotech.com


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