From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265282AbUETU3P (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 May 2004 16:29:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262009AbUETU3P (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 May 2004 16:29:15 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:24482 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265282AbUETU3G (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 May 2004 16:29:06 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 17:30:04 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Cc: Etienne Vogt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: aic79xx trouble Message-ID: <20040520203004.GD20953@logos.cnet> References: <200405132125.28053.bernd.schubert@pci.uni-heidelberg.de> <200405132136.32703.bernd.schubert@pci.uni-heidelberg.de> <3436150000.1084731012@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3436150000.1084731012@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 12:10:12PM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > The Adaptec Ultra320 cards (aic79xx) do not work reliably on Tyan Thunder > > motherboards. > > The U320 chips likely work a lot better now if you use driver version 2.0.12. > The AMD chipsets seem to screw up split completions, and this version of > the driver avoids the issue for the most common case of triggering the > bug (transaction completion DMAs) by never crossing an ADB boundary with > a single DMA. Justin, Just out of curiosity, would you care to submit small fixes in separate patches instead of a huge patch over a full -pre series (2.4.28-pre for example) ? Are distros using your updates ? Thanks.