[7016] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: AIC7896 and Ultra2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Ledford)
Thu Aug 19 11:59:22 1999
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:58:11 -0400
From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
To: Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@sun1.dilog.ch>
CC: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Marc SCHAEFER wrote:
>
> Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> wrote:
> : Likely you will need driver version 5.1.18 or above for this controller. The
> : 5.1.19 driver version is already in the 2.2.11 and above kernels.
>
> I took that one, but my disks are still 40 MByte/s recognized. I checked the
> BIOS too. What is strange is that any device I tried (cheetah, old
> non u2 DDRS) is reported by the BIOS as ULTRA2/SE.
No, it's not impossible. It means that the channel is Ultra2 capable, but
that the device is running in SE mode. That, of course, forces the maximum
speed to 40MByte/s. Find whatever it is that's forcing SE mode and you'll fix
your speed problem.
> Which is an impossible combination.
>
> I will exchange the terminator, and then maybe try a BIOS upgrade.
>
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