From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 15 21:46:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA21209 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 21:46:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from panzer.plutotech.com (panzer.plutotech.com [206.168.67.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA21204 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 21:46:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ken@panzer.plutotech.com) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.plutotech.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) id WAA25858; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:46:22 -0700 (MST) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" Message-Id: <199811160546.WAA25858@panzer.plutotech.com> Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI messages In-Reply-To: <364FBA8D.DE31C778@seattleu.edu> from Eric Hodel at "Nov 15, 98 09:39:25 pm" To: hodeleri@seattleu.edu (Eric Hodel) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:46:22 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28s (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Eric Hodel wrote... > "Kenneth D. Merry" wrote: > > > It doens't seem to matter how long the scsi timeout is set in the kernel. > > > The Quantum disk is an UltraWide2 type, and so is the onboard scsi controller > > > (Asus P2BS mainboard.) > > > > > > Can I alter scsi driver or kernel parameters to get rid of this timeout delay? > Maybe it has something to do with the hd firmware like with some other Quantum disks. > > > > It may well be a firmware bug. I don't think tuning any kernel parameters > > will fix it. > > You can set your kernel to have a shorter timeout delay. I can't recall the > exact option, check the LINT kernel. On the boot floppy kernel its 15 seconds, > and on the generic its 8 (I think) I adjusted it down to 4, and haven't had a > problem. I don't think the bus settle delay will help his problem any. Sure, you can decrease it. Most modern devices can handle the default of 2 seconds. But I don't think that'll affect his situation. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message