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Date:      Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:54:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/mpt mpt.c mpt.h mpt_freebsd.cmpt_freebsd.hmpi_raid.h
Message-ID:  <20030603145434.W90139@wonky.in0.lcl>
In-Reply-To: <20030603215346.GE21646@sunbay.com>
References:  <200306031747.h53Hlmrq096269@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030603142113.X48719@mailhost.quaver.net> <20030603215346.GE21646@sunbay.com>

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Thanks. When I'm ready for a checkin I'll contact uyou.


On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 02:42:10PM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> >
> > > This doesn't have any relation to the problem under HTT+SMP
> > > with mpt(4) I was having, does it?
> >
> > Not directly.
> >
> > I'm sorting through some of the Domain Validation code I got from
> > someboy at LSI-Logic. This current checkin is in support of that.
> >
> > There's a possibility that some of the issues that have been seen (not
> > necessarily yours) are related to weaknesses in MPT firmware when Domain
> > Validation is *not* performed.
> >
> > For example, if I connect an Ultra2 disk to an Ultra320 and have things
> > all negotiate correctly, and then power cycle the Ultra2 disk, the ARQ
> > data (auto request sense) for the subsequent check condition appears to
> > be mangled (I can't decide whether it was shifted by a byte or endian
> > fouled up). Nobody else has ever reported this, so I'm assuming it's due
> > to me not doing DV. Oh well.
> >
> Thanks.  If you would like to ask me to try any patches for RELENG_4,
> you are welcome to.  I have a 100% reproducible case here.
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
> ru@sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
> ru@FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer
>



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