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From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: Tape drive FAQ
To: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 02:19:50 +0200 (MET DST)
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        se@MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser)
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As Jonathan M. Bresler wrote:

> > The patches should be integrated.  Make the hint ``temporary'', so
> > people know that it's being worked on.
> 
> 	will do just tell me how do i do that?

``By now, ...'' :-)

> /src/sys/pci/ncr.c
> *************** 
> *** 4441,4447 ****
>         OUTB (nc_ctest4, 0x08   );      /*  enable master parity checking    */
>         OUTB (nc_stest2, EXT    );      /*  Extended Sreq/Sack filtering     */
>         OUTB (nc_stest3, TE     );      /*  TolerANT enable                  */
> !       OUTB (nc_stime0, 0xfb   );      /*  HTH = 1.6sec  STO = 0.1 sec.     */
>  
>         /*  
>         **      Reinitialize usrsync.
> --- 4441,4447 ---- 
>         OUTB (nc_ctest4, 0x08   );      /*  enable master parity checking    */
>         OUTB (nc_stest2, EXT    );      /*  Extended Sreq/Sack filtering     */
>         OUTB (nc_stest3, TE     );      /*  TolerANT enable                  */
> !       OUTB (nc_stime0, 0x0b   );      /*  HTH = disabled, STO = 0.1 sec.   */
>  
>         /*
>         **      Reinitialize usrsync.
> ***************
> *** 4832,4836 **** 
>                 };
> 
> 
> !               if (np->latetime>4) {
>                         /*
>                         **      Although we tried to wake it up,
> --- 4832,4836 ----
>                 };
> 
> !               if (np->latetime>1200) {
>                         /*
>                         **      Although we tried to wake it up,
> 

Uh-oh, they have to be OK'ed by Stefan Esser or somebody else who is
knowledgable with the PCI subsystem...

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)