[5488] in linux-scsi channel archive
DC390 SCSI driver update (2.0d)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kurt Garloff)
Fri Dec 25 15:01:15 1998
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 20:42:39 +0100
From: Kurt Garloff <K.Garloff@ping.de>
To: Linux SCSI list <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>,
Linux kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Mail-Followup-To: Linux SCSI list <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>,
Linux kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Hi,
I sent the patches to update the DC390/AM53C974/tmscsim PCI SCSI driver to
2.0d to Alan and Linus for inclusion.
Just have a look at the new web page:
http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/dc390/
---
2.0c4 has been out for 4 weeks now and successfully tested by many people,
so 2.0d is definitely stable.
Since the version (2.0b/2.0b1) included into the kernel, there are a few
changes:
* Fixed initialization. There were error messages on SMP machines, harmless,
though. (2.0b1)
* I had used the AM53C974 Erase on Write feature to allow for better
information for debugging. This had to be removed, as it caused problems
to one of my testers (Hubert). (2.0b2/3)
* When the target initiated a sync nego with unacceptable parameters, the
driver misbehaved. This was fixed in 2.0c3.
* I tried to do a performance optimization by reading the remaining bytes of
multibyte SCSI messages without triggering additional IRQs, but as it takes
quite some time until the next bvytes arrive, this did not result in
better performance. I removed this, again.
* Put my new e-mail address and new web site into MAINTAINER and the docu of
the driver. The web site now contains not only the driver's source code
but also some useful info ...
And have some nice X-mas days ...
--
Kurt Garloff <kurt@garloff.de> [Dortmund, FRG]
Plasma physics, high perf. computing [Linux-ix86,-axp, DUX]
PGP key on http://www.garloff.de/kurt/ [Linux SCSI driver: DC390]
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
