Re: aic7xxx and newer kernels

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Justin:

Ya think very buggy? I checked seagate web page and 
unfortunately was unable to find any firmware updates
for the barracuda drives.

Curious tho that this has worked flawlessly for well over a 
year with all prior version of linux and win2000 as well.  
Also a few other folks seem to have similar problems with 
newer kernels. 

Do the newer drivers put a bigger demand on the drives that 
might start to uncover the problems previously not seen? 

I did find newer firmware for the adaptec 2940u2w card 
tho so perhaps I should upgrade that?

I will try turning off write cache - kernel config option right?

Will report back.

Thanks for your help - it sure would be nice to be able to
run with the newer kernels again!

Regards,


Gene/

On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 03:19:55PM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> >Apr  7 19:56:13 snap kernel:   Vendor: SEAGATE   Model: ST318275LW        Rev:
> > 0001
> 
> I seem to recall this being a very buggy firmware version.  You should
> check with Seagate to see if they have something new.  If this is the
> firmware I'm thinking of, the driver should perform correctly if you
> disable write caching.  You can do this via the SCSI-Select menu for
> the controller.
> 
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