[6173] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Problems with AHA2940 U2W
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Ledford)
Thu Mar 25 05:57:58 1999
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 05:48:13 -0500
From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
To: Dietmar Stein <dstein2203@t-online.de>
CC: Matthew Huff <Matthew.Huff@ox.com>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Dietmar Stein wrote:
>
> Yes I have forgotten some information:
>
> Kernel 2.0.36, distribution SuSE6.0 (but not the SuSE-Kernel), SMP-machine
> with dual PII-400 and three U2W (one onboard, Asus). The others are working
> fine and I thought also of a termination problem - checked it therefore,
> but will check it again today. We had data loss (25GB of test data, not so
> worse, but the macine once should serve "real" data...).
> I will try the patch also. Thanks,
>
> Dietmar
>
> Matthew Huff wrote:
>
> > What version of the kernel?
> > What distribution?
> >
> > Get the latest patch from
> > ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/5.1.11/
> >
> > For both kernel 2.0.36 and 2.2.1 (It already may be in 2.2.2-3)
> >
> > It could also be a termination issue. Instead of using termination
> > on the internal drives, it is usually better to disable termination
> > on all drives and add a active terminater to the end of the internal
> > ribbon cable.
Note that the latest patch is 5.1.13 and that 5.1.12 and above fix an
important issue with regards to SMP and 2.0.x kernels.
--
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Opinions expressed are my own, but
they should be everybody's.
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