[7159] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: DTC3181
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Mon Sep 6 06:12:32 1999
To: mandree@dosis.uni-dortmund.de (Matthias Andree)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 10:56:55 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <19990906111527.A1399@emma1.emma.line.org> from "Matthias Andree" at Sep 6, 99 11:15:27 am
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> * Menaka Lashitha Bandara (lashi@alphalink.com.au) [1999-09-06 17:30]:
> > modprobe g_NCR5380 ncr_irq=255 ncr_addr=0x2c0 ncr_53c400=1
> >
> > Both tese failed. It says:
> >
> > scsi0: bus busy, attempting abort
> >
> > and freezes my whole system. Can anyone make any suggestions as to how
> > I can get this working?
>
> I recall that you need to put dtc3181e=1 instead of ncr_53c400=1. Also,
> leaving out the ncr_addr *MIGHT* help.
You want dtc3181e=1 or ncr53c400a=1 - the 53c400 is a different far better
device. (ncr 53c400 owners are probably incredulous at the claim but the
400a is really almost always set up worse still). I use the 400a regularly
with my scanner. It works, kind of , if you pedal hard.
Alan
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
