[940] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: MD + NCR 53c7,8xx driver = death
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gerard Roudier)
Sat Nov 16 09:38:56 1996
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 16:31:51 +0000 (GMT)
From: Gerard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr>
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-raid@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961116004213.11098A-100000@sasami.anime.net>
Obviously, my opinion is that the ncr53c8xx driver is better.
However, I would be surprised if the 53c7,8xx driver is the real cause of
the problem you report.
Can you send the linux version, kernel config and scsi hardware description
you are using?
Thanks.
Gerard.
On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Dan Hollis wrote:
> Using the NCR 53c7,8xx driver with MD is certain death at the moment.
>
> mkfs -t ext2 /dev/md0 starts up, gets to about block 39 then the kernel
> starts spewing hundreds of:
>
> Warning - running *really* short on DMA buffers
> Warning - running *really* short on DMA buffers
> Warning - running *really* short on DMA buffers
> [ad infinitum]
>
> The ported freeBSD ncr53c8xx works fine.
>
> -Dan
>
>
>
