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Re: AIC 7890
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Ledford)
Mon Mar 8 08:39:49 1999
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 08:19:49 -0500
From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
To: Nikolaos Margaritis <markoni@otenet.gr>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Nikolaos Margaritis wrote:
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> I have a system based on the ASUS P2B-DS motherbother, which includes the AIC
> 7890 scsi controller. The hard disk is an ultra2 wide scsi seagate one. The
> processor is a PII t 350MHz. I have the 2.2.1 linux kernel. The problem is that
> although I am sure from the specifications of AIC7890 that it can be as fast as
> 80MB/s only half that speed can be achieved from my kernel, which is I believe
> quite "fresh".
>
> Is this speed not supported yet? Will it be? Perhaps a new experimental driver
> is being under development? Or is it my fault, due to something which I did not
> set up properly?
>
> Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Either drive only does 40MByte/s or you have it plugged into the UW
connector instead of the Ultra2/LVD connector or you are using a
single-ended terminator instead of an LVD terminator.
--
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Opinions expressed are my own, but
they should be everybody's.
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