From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 20:26:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Linux/PPC Development Subject: Re: st corruption In-Reply-To: <200103252008.OAA17663@lists.linuxppc.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Status update: - When I connect my DDS1 to the MESH, I see no corruption (as long as I get no `lost arbitration' messages from the MESH driver. I never get those with the disk BTW). So the tape drive seems to be fine. - I wanted to try different tape drives, but all retired DDS drives I found at work seem to be in a non-functional state. I tried 3 of them, without any luck. - I wanted to try a 2.2.x kernel, but linuxppc_2_2 (2.2.19-pre3) just says `illegal instruction' and returns me to the OF prompt. My next steps: - Try to understand the sym53c8xx and st drivers. - Look for missing sync()s and cache flushes in PCI and SCSI busmastering code. Anyone else with a clue? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/