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Date:      Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:28:00 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        p.richards@elsevier.co.uk (Paul Richards)
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NCR disk controller, hp disk
Message-ID:  <199603112128.NAA12888@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199603111647.QAA21401@tees> from "Paul Richards" at Mar 11, 96 04:47:12 pm

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> 
> > } Any chance of adding this to a `rogues list', Stefan?
> > 
> > My suggested FAILSAFE define will 
> > disable tags and permit an install
> > to succeed. 
> > 
> > The default number of tags can be 
> > set in the kernel config file.
> > 
> > 
> > The clean solution to this problem is 
> > to move the TAG code into the generic 
> > SCSI driver, and to have that code 
> > react to the ASC/ASCQ values returned
> > by the drive. In the case of the HP,
> > the command would be retried without
> > TAG and would succeed, then ...
> > 
> > This is the prefered solution, since
> > it doesn't even require a "rogues"
> > list entry for the drive ...
> 
> Do these drives work with the Adpactec controller? Rod?

Yes, at least I know the HP C3725S works fine, but I do not know
if tags are on or off by default in the aic7xxx driver of -stable.


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Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
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