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imb@scgt.oz.au (michael butler) writes:

>Bruce Evans writes:

>> According to /sys/i386/isa/bt5xx-445.c, only "OLD bt445s Revision A,B,C,D
>> (nowired)" have broken 32 bit addressing.  However, /sys/i386/scsi/bt.c
>> now enables bounce buffering for all bt445s's.

>Then, perhaps, the unconditional test for the string "445" needs fixing to
>allow later revisions to function as designed ?

As I understand it, all the 445S series is broken, and in this case the
working ones are the 445C series.  Since the driver checks for "445S", this
should have the intended effect...
(unless somebody can show me a 445S rev E :-)

Cheers,
-Peter
>	michael