Re: Kernel v2.2.15pre5 SCSI 2940U2W with AIC7895 boot still broke(withfix).

From: M Sweger (mikesw@whiterose.net)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2000 - 06:10:29 EST


On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Doug Ledford wrote:

> M Sweger wrote:
>
> > Ok! So should I just incrase the array buffer size to a power of 2: that
> > is 256! and then I won't get any buffer overruns?
> >
> > Then the aic7xxx driver can handle my drive and those other drives.
>
> No, that's the wrong fix. The drive is doing something perfectly legal and
> the driver is failing. I went and picked up a WD drive today, so I'll see if
> I can reproduce the problem and get it fixed properly.
>

Hopefully, all WD drives act them same, no matter their disk size or
interface type: the SCSI's and IDE's and associated variations.

In this way Linda Law who has a U2 WD can be helped also.

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