Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 17:39:18 -0800 From: MATTHEW ETTUS <matthew.ettus@Sun.COM> To: Kevin Chu <kevin@portal.ca> Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: extended translation in aic7xxx driver.] Message-ID: <366C8346.DCF2354E@sun.com> References: <366C81B5.2CFC4A77@portal.ca>
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I've had the same problems. Kevin Chu wrote: > > This was posted in linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, and it's not getting > any replies. What do the people on this list think? > > Kevin > > Tomasz Motylewski wrote: > > > The recent update of aic7xxx in 2.0.36 kernel (pre13-pre14 transition) made > > "extended translation ENABLED" the default setting, independed of the BIOS > > setting (which was the default before). It breaks fdisk and LILO on SCSI > > disks formatted with extended translation disabled (see examples on > > http://crds.chemie.unibas.ch/machine/2.0.36pre19/ ) > > > > I would like to ask if there is any way of switching off extended translation > > in Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version 5.1.3/3.2.4 ? If the source code > > modification is the only way, what would be the first place to add it? > > > > How hard would it be to make aic7xxx driver to read default value of this > > parameter from BIOS again ? > > > > Please CC any replies to motyl@stan.chemie.unibas.ch > > > > Regards, > > -- > > Tomasz Motylewski > > > > P.S. To test: boot new kernel, run fdisk on your SCSI disk, display > > partition table. If you had used extended translation before, you won :-) > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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