Re: aic7xxx and newer kernels

From: lists@sapience.com
Date: Tue Apr 10 2001 - 07:33:40 EST


Justin:

Ya think very buggy? I checked seagate web page and
unfortunately was unable to find any firmware updates
for the barracuda drives.

Curious tho that this has worked flawlessly for well over a
year with all prior version of linux and win2000 as well.
Also a few other folks seem to have similar problems with
newer kernels.

Do the newer drivers put a bigger demand on the drives that
might start to uncover the problems previously not seen?

I did find newer firmware for the adaptec 2940u2w card
tho so perhaps I should upgrade that?

I will try turning off write cache - kernel config option right?

Will report back.

Thanks for your help - it sure would be nice to be able to
run with the newer kernels again!

Regards,

Gene/

On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 03:19:55PM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> >Apr 7 19:56:13 snap kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318275LW Rev:
> > 0001
>
> I seem to recall this being a very buggy firmware version. You should
> check with Seagate to see if they have something new. If this is the
> firmware I'm thinking of, the driver should perform correctly if you
> disable write caching. You can do this via the SCSI-Select menu for
> the controller.
>
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