[6442] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Symbios driver or controller? (was: Symbios or FAT32 error?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Siemer)
Sat May 1 02:55:53 1999
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 06:03:33 +0200 (CEST)
From: Robert Siemer <siemer@i309.hadiko.de>
Reply-To: "Robert.Siemer@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de" <Robert.Siemer@gmx.de>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <19990430190519.A28253@ncc.cicely.de>
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Hi!
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Rainer Clasen wrote:
> I replaced the symbios with an Adaptec 2940 I took out of another box and
> the problems went away.
>
> Is the controller broken, or is there a way to teach the driver to deal with
> this beast? Do I have to take the controler back to the store?
I have (had?) problems with a Tekram sym53c875-controller. I could stop
the system easily with "ls" and "cat /dev/sdx".
Now I slowed down the bus, configured timings in the bios more defensive
and disconnected the IDE-hdd.
I think the solution was to change the board-clocks:
extern: switched from 83 to 60 MHz
PCI: changed from async. 32 to sync 30 MHz
The CPU is also slower (at the moment), but I will soon try to change
everything back expect the PCI-speed...
Perhaps this helps you.
Bye,
Rob
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