[957] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: 2.0.0/2.0.25 oopses with buslogic 956C and two 4G seagates ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter T. Breuer)
Sun Nov 17 14:34:50 1996
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 19:27:06 GMT
From: "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@oboe.it.uc3m.es>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In article <199611162223.OAA17405@dandelion.com> lnz@dandelion.com (Leonard N. Zubkoff) wrote:
: now, I've never provided a mechanism to disable the PCI probing via command
: line arguments. I've always just told people to not define CONFIG_PCI, since
: if the PCI BIOS is broken, it doesn't affect just the BusLogic board. I'll
: think about whether such an option would be worthwhile.
And one more thing to add to the "suggestions list" based on this experience
1) (the no-pci option)
2) A message saying "likely your PCI is broken, check with your vendor!" if
the driver manages to spot that it is in an impossible state. The present
message did not indicate clearly to me what I should do next, or what the
matter was.
Maybe you could try dropping out of the PCI probe entirely at this point if
the driver is still alive.
: Leave the host adapter as it is, with both high and low bytes terminated. You
(thanks for the clue about what the adaptor bios setup message is
referring to with "low and high bits". This is another wonderful piece
of impenetrable jargon! Might you pass on a request for a better way of
putting it through your connections in buslogic?)
: Leonard
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Peter T. Breuer
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