Subject: Re: Fixes to use 16 SCSI targets with FAS on Ultra 1E
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Andrey Petrov <petrov@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 08/26/2002 10:30:02
On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 12:43:36PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 11:40:58PM -0700, Andrey Petrov wrote:
> > >
> > > I really think these flags should be handled by the SCSI device driver,
> > > not the SCSI HBA driver, much like is done for IDE.
> > >
> >
> > That might require 'wiring' everything (controllers and devices) in config
> > file. Does it?
>
> Yes, it does. But this way you could say "use sync transfers for disks but
> not CD", instead of assuming disks are id <= 3 and cds are id > 3
>
You can do it now because flags are 3 bits per target, and you can force
'don't disconect', 'don't sync' and 'no tags', and because of that
there are no room for 8 more devices, so the question is where to find that
place. Seems 'what Matt said'.
Regards,
Andrey