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Date:      Wed, 30 Sep 1998 21:32:03 +0200 (CEST)
From:      torstenb@vmunix.org (Torsten Blum)
To:        gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com (Justin T. Gibbs)
Cc:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Command Linking
Message-ID:  <m0zORyl-0006AKC@onizuka.vmunix.org>
In-Reply-To: <199809301536.JAA24139@narnia.plutotech.com> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at "Sep 30, 98 09:36:14 am"

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Justin T. Gibbs wrote:

> > Well, I can read the firmware from the drive and write it to a file. The
> > problem starts when I start to write the new firmware. Due to the physio
> > problem I have to upload the firmware in 64k parts with the WRITE BUFFER
> > command. After each WRITE BUFFER the drive sends a MSG_LINK_CMD_COMPLETE
> > (0x0a) and the scsi system can't handle it:
> 
> Do you have to load the firmware using a series of linked commands
> instead of unlinked commands?

Yes, the alternative is one write buffer for the whole firmware image,
which doesnt work due to the 64k physio limitation.

> I had no intention of supporting this feature in the aic7xxx driver

Hm, why ?

 -tb

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