Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:22:45 -0400 From: Srinivas.Narendula@libnet.com To: dledford@dialnet.net Cc: AIC7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Timeout with Adaptec 2940UW Rev. E (Bios 1.32) Message-ID: <8525661A.0048D08C.00@libnotes1.libnet.com>
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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
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