[8438] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Ultra 160 adapters?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Jacob)
Mon Mar 20 23:54:34 2000
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 19:24:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <E12XFCT-000479-00@the-village.bc.nu>
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > hasn't been my main thing, and I've never really *quite* got the locking right
> > for 2.2.X and I really haven't kept up with the 2.3 tree, so your guess is as
> > good as mine as to what "Yet" really means.
>
> I never got the qlogic 2100 stable under extreme load with 2.2. The same
> torture config with the scsi layer changes in 2.3.x doesn't randomly explode
> and reboot. The driver hasnt changed. Draw your own conclusions.
>
> The 2.3.x scsi layer changes and EH changes appear to have fixed a lot of
> deep seated scsi weirdness.
Absolutely. I've been watching what he's been doing and it all looks quite
good. I certainly had intended to move to the 2.3.X RSN- as I said, linux
hadn't been the main deal for me- and when I actually *do* do things on Linux,
I'm usually asked for 2.2.X support because it has to work with RedHat yatta
yatta....
-matt
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