Subject: Re: Problem with aic7899
To: Justin T. Gibbs <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
From: Christoph Kaegi <kgc@zhwin.ch>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/14/2003 08:51:27
On 2003.02.13 18:30, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> > I actually did patch the driver to use less SCBs at one point, but
> > I recall still seeing the problem. What would be the easiest way to
> > make it use less scratch ram?
>
> SCB ram is easy. Scratch ram is harder. A concerted effort would have
> to be put into adjusting the firmware to use less scratch ram. Scratch
> ram is used to store firmware state. The scratch ram layout is documented
> in aic7xxx.reg.
I can give you an account on my Supermicro 6012P-6B machine,
if this helps. It's not used productively yet and you could
test on it as much as you want.
--
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Christoph Kaegi kgc@zhwin.ch
----------------------------------------------------------------------