Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:31:14 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: "Barrett G. Lyon" <blyon@theshell.com> Cc: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 issues Message-ID: <20000824003114.A92995@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008232326360.10771-100000@arsenic.theshell.com>; from blyon@theshell.com on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:29:04PM -0700 References: <20000823224924.A90931@elvis.mu.org> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008232326360.10771-100000@arsenic.theshell.com>
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 23:29:04 -0700, Barrett G. Lyon wrote: > /- Wed, 23 Aug 2000, owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG (paul@mu.org) > | Turn off write caching. > | On recent 4.1 stable > | echo "WCE: 0" | camcontrol modepage da0 -m 8 -P 3 > | On older 4.1 stable > | EDITOR="/usr/bin/perl -i -pe 's/1/0/g if /^WCE/'" camcontrol \ > | modepage da0 -m 8 -P 3 > | > | Its a bug with U160 drives these days.. The otherway to fix it is to > | get an updated firmware from your drive manufacturer. > \- > > Paul: > > Thank you, I hope that will do the trick. I found a write cache option in > the adaptec bios as well and set that all to no. As an unrelated > problem I am still having the disk come up as 40 MHz, I am not sure why it > will not run at 80 MHz. The Ultra160 code for Adaptec cards hasn't been merged yet. When Justin merges it (I don't know when, you'll have to send mail to gibbs@FreeBSD.org to find out what his plans are) in from -current, your disks should negotiate at Ultra160 speeds. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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