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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 18:00:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To: Wayne.Farmer@mailhost.dpie.gov.au
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Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW hang with multiple Wide SCSI Disks - FreeBSD 2.2.2
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WOrks fine for me in 2.2.2 and greater, on literally dozens of disks.

On Thu, 10 Jul 1997 Wayne.Farmer@mailhost.dpie.gov.au wrote:

> I think I read recently that doing a "newfs" on a wide SCSI disk with an 
> Adaptec 2940UW hangs the system (a deadlock ?)
> 
> I can concur with this and confirm that turning off wide negotiation in the 
> SCSI setup seems to correct this.
> 
> 3 questions :
> 
> 1)  Does anyone have any more info on this
> 2)  Is there updated driver code I can include in the kernel build
> 3)  Having "newfs"-ed, would turning back on wide negotiation lead to more 
> problems similar to the "newfs" problem
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Wayne
>