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Date:      Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:41:07 +0300
From:      Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Seagate drive lockup
Message-ID:  <19981009104107.A3324@matti.ee>
In-Reply-To: <199810082050.OAA22210@narnia.plutotech.com>; from Justin T. Gibbs on Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 02:50:29PM -0600
References:  <000901bdf2cf$68be5ca0$0100a8c0@heather.my.domain> <199810082050.OAA22210@narnia.plutotech.com>

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"Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com> wrote:

> > Oct  8 07:51:31 plover /kernel.test: SSTAT1 == 0x2
> 
> There is something wrong with your cable, termination or both.
> Either the drive or the controller missed a REQ or ACK on the bus,
> which caused this hang.  Remove any kinks from your cable.  Route
> it away from the power supply and processor.  Use a disk drive or
> external active (or force perfect) terminator on the bus.

***

Just some questions. Do all newer SCSI drives support active 
termination inside ? How good is that kind of termination provided 
by disks itself compared to external active terminators ? I haven't 
found any remarks, only comments about termination capability.

Thanks


Vallo Kallaste
vallo@matti.ee

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