> > It just needs fixing. The AHA1542 driver in 2.0.x is absolutely rock solid
>
> No, it is not, and has never been.
I'd have to agree here. My 1540B based system was very solid for
the most part. If my Seagate Elite hiccuped (it has a firmware
bug that causes long command chains to fail) it was OK.
I had a Wangtek 5150ES tape drive on it and it worked through errors
just fine, _most_ of the time. But sometimes, out of the blue,
accessing the tape drive would kill the whole thing. It was rare,
but it happened.
> There are two conclusions:
> 1. scsi_error is far too drastic, and it should become milder
> before 2.2 is released
> 2. aha1542.c must be fixed.
The same thing happens with my DPT 2044W controller. aha1542.c
probably needs to be fixed, but it won't help me... :)
I now have a 4mm drive that is less troublesome, but its still not
reliable enough in 2.1.124 to count on. The old Wangtek won't work
at all.
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