Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:15:51 +0100 From: Nick Taylor <nt@dataskill.co.uk> To: aic7xxx@freebsd.org Subject: Re: aic 3940 problem Message-ID: <3779D237.B49DDB2F@dataskill.co.uk> References: <3768AC1B.4C04552F@dataskill.co.uk> <376E1DFF.99057404@redhat.com> <376E7405.5BF31538@dataskill.co.uk>
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--------------16D38D3DEA6B125BD2ECDA18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi I'm still in the position of having 2x 3940 cards that I am unable to use. I am not a C expert otherwise I would attempt a fix myself. Is there any likelihood of this problem being addressed (I assume that I can't be the only person trying to use these cards wih more than 1 hd) Yours hopefully Nick Nick Taylor wrote: > dledford@redhat.com wrote: > >> Nick Taylor wrote: >> > >> > Hi >> > >> > So is anyone out there using 3940s with recent linux and aic >> drivers? Here I >> > have now >> > reverted to a 2940 with no problems, the 3940 hangs the system as >> soon as a >> > second drive >> > becomes active even when only using a single channel. >> > >> > This is since upgrading to SuSE 6.0 kernel 2.0.36, aic 5.1.5 and >> seems to >> > happen on all >> > subsequent versions that I downloaded. >> > >> > Is anyone having the same problem?? >> >> I made some changes to the 5.1.17 version of the aic7xxx driver that >> might >> effect your problem. That driver is in the 2.2.10 kernel now. If >> you could >> try that and let me know if it doesn't solve your problem, I would >> appreciate >> it. >> > > Have tried 5.1.17 with kernel 2.0.36 but it is still the same, as soon > as 2 drives talk at the same time the system just dies. I don't know > what else I can tell you to be of more help apart from the fact that > all was fine with 2.0.33 :-( However we couldn't remain libc5 based > for ever. > > Nick > --- > >> >> -- >> Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> >> Opinions expressed are my own, but >> they should be everybody's. > > -- > Nick Taylor mailto://nt@dataskill.co.uk Dataskill, London, England > mailto://webmaster@reflexology.org > HOME OF REFLEXOLOGY http://www.reflexology.org > > -- Nick Taylor mailto://nt@dataskill.co.uk Dataskill, London, England mailto://webmaster@reflexology.org HOME OF REFLEXOLOGY http://www.reflexology.org --------------16D38D3DEA6B125BD2ECDA18 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Hi <p>I'm still in the position of having 2x 3940 cards that I am unable to use. I am not a C expert otherwise I would attempt a fix myself. Is there any likelihood of this problem being addressed (I assume that I can't be the only person trying to use these cards wih more than 1 hd) <p>Yours hopefully <p>Nick <p>Nick Taylor wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>dledford@redhat.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Nick Taylor wrote: <br>> <br>> Hi <br>> <br>> So is anyone out there using 3940s with recent linux and aic drivers? Here I <br>> have now <br>> reverted to a 2940 with no problems, the 3940 hangs the system as soon as a <br>> second drive <br>> becomes active even when only using a single channel. <br>> <br>> This is since upgrading to SuSE 6.0 kernel 2.0.36, aic 5.1.5 and seems to <br>> happen on all <br>> subsequent versions that I downloaded. <br>> <br>> Is anyone having the same problem?? <p>I made some changes to the 5.1.17 version of the aic7xxx driver that might <br>effect your problem. That driver is in the 2.2.10 kernel now. If you could <br>try that and let me know if it doesn't solve your problem, I would appreciate <br>it. <br> </blockquote> Have tried 5.1.17 with kernel 2.0.36 but it is still the same, as soon as 2 drives talk at the same time the system just dies. I don't know what else I can tell you to be of more help apart from the fact that all was fine with 2.0.33 :-( However we couldn't remain libc5 based for ever. <p>Nick <br>--- <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <br>-- <br> Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> <br> Opinions expressed are my own, but <br> they should be everybody's.</blockquote> <pre>-- Nick Taylor <a href="mailto://nt@dataskill.co.uk">mailto://nt@dataskill.co.uk</a> Dataskill, London, England <a href="mailto://webmaster@reflexology.org">mailto://webmaster@reflexology.org </a>HOME OF REFLEXOLOGY <a href="http://www.reflexology.org">http://www.reflexology.org</a></pre>; </blockquote> <pre>-- Nick Taylor <A HREF="mailto://nt@dataskill.co.uk">mailto://nt@dataskill.co.uk</A> Dataskill, London, England <A HREF="mailto://webmaster@reflexology.org">mailto://webmaster@reflexology.org</A> HOME OF REFLEXOLOGY <A HREF="http://www.reflexology.org">http://www.reflexology.org</A></pre>; </html> --------------16D38D3DEA6B125BD2ECDA18-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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