From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Dec 2 18:50:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from ren.detir.qld.gov.au (ns.detir.qld.gov.au [203.46.81.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD9814DAE; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:50:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au) Received: by ren.detir.qld.gov.au; id MAA03053; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:49:49 +1000 (EST) Received: from ogre.detir.qld.gov.au(167.123.8.3) via SMTP by ren.detir.qld.gov.au, id smtpdd02979; Fri Dec 3 12:49:46 1999 Received: from atlas.detir.qld.gov.au (atlas.detir.qld.gov.au [167.123.8.9]) by ogre.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA16790; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:39:17 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (nymph.detir.qld.gov.au [167.123.10.10]) by atlas.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA02050; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:39:17 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA04073; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:39:16 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from syssgm@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au) Message-Id: <199912030239.MAA04073@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> To: Mike Smith Cc: Stephen McKay , freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape driver problems References: <199912022205.OAA00570@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <199912022205.OAA00570@mass.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:05:01 -0800" Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 12:39:16 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thursday, 2nd December 1999, Mike Smith wrote: >Either the aha code needs to be fixed to allow more s/g entries, or the >bounce buffer code needs to be fixed to allocate things in larger chunks >and thus keep fragmentation down, or we should just abandon these useless >10-year-old ISA SCSI controllers and worry about more useful things. 8) Well, I'm for changing the buffer code or the aha code, whichever makes the most sense at the time. Unfortunately I don't know that bit of the kernel yet. But I will eventually work it out because I have too many old ISA SCSI cards to take you up on your last suggestion. Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message