[8084] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Kernel v2.2.15pre5 SCSI 2940U2W with AIC7895 boot still
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Ledford)
Thu Feb 10 22:33:42 2000
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 14:09:05 -0500
From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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To: M Sweger <mikesw@whiterose.net>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>, alan@redhat.com,
linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
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M Sweger wrote:
> Ok! So should I just incrase the array buffer size to a power of 2: that
> is 256! and then I won't get any buffer overruns?
>
> Then the aic7xxx driver can handle my drive and those other drives.
No, that's the wrong fix. The drive is doing something perfectly legal and
the driver is failing. I went and picked up a WD drive today, so I'll see if
I can reproduce the problem and get it fixed properly.
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Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> http://people.redhat.com/dledford
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