Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 18:16:56 -0500 (CDT) From: bob@obiwan.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) To: dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault) Cc: gibbs@estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: aic7xxx Adapter support Message-ID: <m0s4zHO-000308C@obiwan.pmr.com> In-Reply-To: <199504282254.SAA11278@hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Apr 28, 95 06:54:23 pm
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Peter Dufault wrote: > > Justin T. Gibbs writes: > > > > > > When was the last time you updated your kernel before last night? I'm > > just wondering if you had run a kernel with Peter's tape drive fixes > > prior to last night. > > What, me worry? Looking back through my old mail, it appears that I may not have tried the tape drive between 4/10 and now (I generally update my sources and rebuild daily on this particular system, so it stays within a day of -current). > > Before anyone asks me about this I'll point out it is Julian's > work, and though I'll be happy to help as much as I can I really > don't know much about different types of tapes. Much to my pleasure > my Exabyte has always worked without a hitch. Which Exabyte drive do you have? Mine are the older 8200 (with latest firmware). They work reasonably well with my BT-747S adapters. I am having some problems with the one on the AHA-2740A, though. > > > Other questions... How long does it take for your tape to rewind. Do > > you have disconnection enabeled for the tape drive and all other > > targets? > > This is what I was wondering. We don't have the IMMEDIATE bit set > in the rewind command, and so I guess you will tie up the bus if > you don't allow it to disconnect. Yes. It is allowed to disconnect. -- Bob Willcox bob@obiwan.pmr.com (or obiwan%bob@uunet.uu.net) Austin, TX
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