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Re: 2.0.27: aha1740[9]_mbxout wait!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Tue Jan 7 02:38:08 1997
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 19:30:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
To: Barrie Spence <barrie@calvin.demon.co.uk>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <32D038F8.2CC655DB@calvin.demon.co.uk>
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Barrie Spence wrote:
> Since I upgraded my system from a 486DX2-66 to a P5/120 (x2) with an
> ASUS P55T2P4D motherboard, I've been getting these messages. As far as I
> can tell, they only occur when the system is idle - never under any
> significant load on the disk/controller.
>
> I believe that this may simply be a timing problem intrduced with the
> pentium - as part if the upgrade I ran the board with a single processor
> and with the caches disabled - during that time, I don't believe I ever
> saw these messages.
I ran a P90 news server with a 1740 for some months. It used to get these
messages as well...and was rarely idle. I ended up wanting multiple SCSI
busses, and the 1740 driver seemed to lack support for more than one
card...so I went with NCR 810's.
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