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Date:      Sat, 25 Oct 1997 10:35:22 +0200
From:      Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com>
Cc:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2.2-RELEASE '875 SCSI won't negotiage
Message-ID:  <19971025103522.51922@mi.uni-koeln.de>
In-Reply-To: <199710212347.QAA09208@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>; from Don Lewis on Tue, Oct 21, 1997 at 04:47:42PM -0700
References:  <se@FreeBSD.ORG> <199710212347.QAA09208@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>

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On 1997-10-21 16:47 -0700, Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> wrote:
> On Oct 22, 12:13am, Stefan Esser wrote:

> } > > > sd0(ncr0:0:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled
> } > > > sd0(ncr0:0:0): 20.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 16)

> } If 40MB/s is reported, you still won't be able to get
> } more than some 37MB/s moved, actually, but well, it is
> } the number claimed by the drive and controller vendors,
> } and so it can't be wrong to report it :)
> 
> But isn't this misleading if it's only connected to narrow devices?

Sure, it was, if that number was printed for a narrow device.

But it of course isn't: This is a per device message, and a
narrow device would have 20MB/s in its attach message (while
actually being limited to some 18.5MB/s).

Regards, STefan



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