Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 13:00:41 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com (Justin T. Gibbs) Cc: FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Aic7xxx driver instability with the Quantum Atlas Message-ID: <199701282000.NAA08847@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199701281809.KAA22006@narnia.plutotech.com> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Jan 28, 97 10:09:28 am
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> This is just a heads up that the dreaded "Queue Full" problem with > the Quantum Atlas and the aic7xxx driver has been found. Unfortunately > the fix is not as simple as downloading a new version of the FreeBSD > driver. The problem is a bug in level 912 of the Atlas firmware. You > can obtain the necessary files to upgrade your firmware from Quantum's > ftp site. You will have to run Dos and Adaptec's ASPI drivers > in order to download the firmware to the drive. The URL is: Is there any possibility of determining the firmware rev from software? Then when the queue full condition occurs, you could print a console log message that tells you to update the firmware.... or just print that message on a queue full, always, or for Quantums. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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