From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Zick" Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] w-a to what [Was: D380 and ext[23] fs grave pb] Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:14:07 -0500 Message-ID: <200609120914.08001.mszick@morethan.org> References: <4506B61C.2000204@scarlet.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <4506B61C.2000204@scarlet.be> List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: parisc-linux-bounces@lists.parisc-linux.org On Tue September 12 2006 08:29, Joel wrote: > Hello Mike, > > Apologies for so late answer but it seems that I never recieved this > mail so I am trying to compose a new one from m-l (sorry to breack the > thread so sadely): > > >On Fri September 8 2006 10:31, Joel Soete wrote: > >> Hello James, Matthrew, > >> > >> I come back to you with this pb because as explained in a previous > mail: > >> > > > >> > >> , it seems to be related to ncr53c720 driver. > >> > > > >That's the second hit on that driver this week: > >http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2006-August/030054.html > > > >In the above mail, the driver was reporting: > > > >ncr53c720-0: rev 0xf irq 66 > >ncr53c720-0: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity Checking, Differential > >scsi0 : ncr53c8xx-3.4.3g > > > > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15150W Rev: HP07 > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > >Where the model number was single-ended, not: ST15150WD (Differential) > >and the problem was that the drive could not be written. > > > >Joel, what does that part of your dmesg have to say? > That said on my C110 I got: > --- snip --- > ncr53c720-0: rev 0xf irq 66 > I could not find any code that identifies the actual chip, the "ncr53c720" seems to be hardcoded in the message. > ncr53c720-0: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity Checking, Differential > This message is part of the strange SE/DIFF code. > scsi0 : ncr53c8xx-3.4.3g > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST34371W Rev: HP03 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > And even though this is a different model drive than Joe's problem, it is still claiming to be SE: Hmm... I forgot to check if the string is long enough for 9 characters, perhaps just the "D" is getting clipped in the message. > target0:0:5: Beginning Domain Validation > target0:0:5: asynchronous > target0:0:5: wide asynchronous > target0:0:5: FAST-10 WIDE SCSI 20.0 MB/s ST (100 ns, offset 8) > And that is just wrong - the drive is a SCSI-3 (Ultra SCSI) (Fast-20) but this drive can fall back to FAST-10, which may be what is happening. Hmm... Maybe Joe's drives can't fall back to match the controller. See page 15 of: Just more reasons to /dev/null this driver. Mike _______________________________________________ parisc-linux mailing list parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux