Subject: Re: Archive Python DAT problem with ahc 2940W
To: Andreas Wrede <andreas@planix.com>
From: Justin T. Gibbs <gibbs@plutotech.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/29/1997 21:54:46
>On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 18:48:11 MDT "Justin T. Gibbs" writes
>> >
>> >BIOS termination was set to automatic.
>>
>> I don't believe that the version of the aic7xxx driver currently in
>> NetBSD supports auto-termination. You need to set the termination
>> explicitly.
>
>The drive functioned fine when I configured the BIOS not to negotiate sync.
>Would the termination problem not exist independently of sys/async config?
If you don't do sync, you don't load the bus as much and termination
is less of an issue.
>--
>Andreas Wrede Planix, Inc.
>andreas@planix.com Networking, System Administration, Consulting
>http://www.planix.com Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Justin T. Gibbs
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