Subject: Re: SCSI timeouts my experience
To: None <port-atari@NetBSD.ORG>
From: None <p9548@iupmime.univ-lemans.fr>
List: port-atari
Date: 09/18/1996 16:30:52
> > I've got also SCSI problems with my Falcon.
> > I made a clock patch with a 74F04 and it doesn't changed
> > anything. I also reduced the length of my SCSI cable. No
> > change. This happen on all my disks (Maxtor, Conner and
> > Quantum).
> Are you sure you have termination setup correctly?
Yes i tried different configurations:
PAssive terminator, Terminators on harddisks,
internal SCSI bus,...
Now i've got an internal SCSI bus, 3 drives with no
term, and a passive terminator and the end of the
bus.
> > I tried also Linux all last versions, and there is exactly the same trouble: scsi timeout, but Linux driver send
> > a scsi reset if there is a problem, so it doesn't hang
> > systematicly.
> The .poll kernel shouldn't hang either. I agree that the lack of timeouts in
> the .intr kernel is a bug....
Great,
but is the Linux driver comes from the NetBSD version ?
/------------------------------------------------\
| Falcon 14Mb/ tower / BlowUp hard II / NEC 3D |
| IDE 84Mb, SCSI 40, 52, 130Mb, 1Gb |
\------------------------------------------------/
Cedric MOREAU, p9548@bigiup.univ-lemans.fr,
http://bigiup.univ-lemans.fr/~p9548/
IUP MIME, Universite du Maine, 72000 LE MANS, FRANCE