From owner-aic7xxx Fri Jun 5 06:06:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA13088 for aic7xxx-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 06:06:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from libfw.libnet.com (firewall-user@libfw.libnet.com [208.212.129.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA13013 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 06:06:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Srinivas.Narendula@libnet.com) From: Srinivas.Narendula@libnet.com Received: by libfw.libnet.com; id JAA29391; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:05:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from liberty3.libnet.com(159.42.50.2) by libfw.libnet.com via smap (V3.1) id xma029377; Fri, 5 Jun 98 09:05:32 -0400 Received: from by libnet.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AB22738; Fri, 5 Jun 98 09:06:58 EDT Received: by libnotes1.libnet.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v1.05 (274.9 11-27-1996)) id 8525661A.00484247 ; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:09:15 -0400 X-Lotus-Fromdomain: LIBERTY To: dledford@dialnet.net Cc: AIC7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Message-Id: <85256618.005BD3DF.00@libnotes1.libnet.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:08:56 -0400 Subject: Re: SCSI Timeout with Adaptec 2940UW Rev. E (Bios 1.32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org First of all, thank you for helping. Doug Ledford wrote: > > Here is my problem. I was using a Adaptec 2940 (Bios 1.16) until > > recently and ervery thing was perfect. But I just changed for an Adaptec > > 2940UW Rev. E (Bios 1.32) lately when I bought a Quantum 4.5Gb UW Viking > > disk. Since then, I get SCSI Timeouts when I make a big access under > > Linux. > > Try the 5.0.18 aic7xxx driver and let me know if this still happens. There > are negotiation fixes in there that might make a difference, [...] I will try this as fast as possible ;-) In the meantime, I found a way to stop the timeouts occure. I just disabled the "Enable Disconnect" on all the ids in the Bios options, as descriebed in a FAQ on the Adaptec Web site. Now I am able to install Linux and to use it. But I will make the "dd if=/dev/zero of=test" test with the new drivers to see if it helps. Best regards, Gerard Metrailler Jr. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCDI Technologies - Gerard Metrailler Jr. (Founder And President) - EMail: gmetrail@scdi.org http://www.scdi.org - http://www.scdi.org/~gmetrail ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message