From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI sym53c8xx_2: bigger transfer limits Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:57:45 -0700 Message-ID: <20060302035745.GF1598@parisc-linux.org> References: <20060301152929.GZ4816@suse.de> <20060301204345.GP4816@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:57284 "EHLO palinux.hppa") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750769AbWCBD5r (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:57:47 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Kai Makisara Cc: Jens Axboe , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 12:24:27AM +0200, Kai Makisara wrote: > > I'm just reporting what Gerald (who definitely knows this hardware very > > well) told me, when I submitted a patch to him enabling clustering a > > long time ago. This might have been about 5 years ago, I seem to recall > > it happening when I used a un ultra10 workstation which had a sym scsi > > board. > > > A bit vague but I guess this is all we know. Unless Matthew knows more? Alas, I don't know the hardware very well. I try my hardest to fix bugs and clean the driver up, but I'm no Gerard. I do have the chip documentation, but it's not exactly conducive to answering these kinds of questions. Also, the PDFs don't include the errata that Gerard clearly had access to.