Messages in this thread | | | From | Robert L Harris <> | Subject | Re: [Fwd: 3940UW Driver Locks the Machine] | Date | Sun, 15 Feb 1998 10:48:14 -0700 (MST) |
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> > Robert L Harris wrote: > > > That would be me, but you're too late :) I've already fixed certain > > > problems with the Jaz drives in my latest patch, and even gone a step > > > further in my "about to be released" patch. More on that in the > > > announcement for my next patch. > > > > Know which kernel this will be applicable in? > > This patch will be against 2.0.33.
Which 2.1.X kernel?
> > > If you need/want a guinea pig (sp?) let me know... I've got a 3940UW, > > a number of seagate and Quantum Drives, a CD-R (Yamaha), 4mm Tape > > and Jaz in my machine. > > Actually, I do need a guinea pig at the moment, but more specifically I need > one that uses the driver as a module. What they use it for isn't important, > just that they use it as a module so I can verify that the new module setup > parsing code works properly.
Unfortuneatly I can't help in that respect. My machine has no IDE... everything is SCSI.
> > > Mine reports J^77 I believe. Is it possible to get a firmware upgrade? > > So I need to turn off command tag queing all together? > > That sounds like one of the broken Jaz drives according to the email that > was forwarded to me from an Iomega tach support person. In any case, to > answer the question about what to do. There are two things you can do, > either turn off tagged queueing entirely, or go into the aic7xxx.c file and > uncomment the section on AIC7XXX_TAGGED_QUEUEING_BY_DEVICE and set up the > parameters according to what your system needs. >
So until the next kernel with this patch built into it, I need to turn off tagged command queing...
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