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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:14:46 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        Torsten Kuehn <tkuehn@websurf.pcom.de>
Cc:        ken@kdm.org, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, gibbs@freebsd.org, wilko@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ahb Bug with NEC502 CD ROM (2740 even worse!)
Message-ID:  <20000216201446.F705@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <00021612232914900@mail1.pcom.de>; from tkuehn@websurf.pcom.de on Mon, Mar 24, 2036 at 04:11:19PM %2B0000
References:  <00021612232914900@mail1.pcom.de>

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On Mon, Mar 24, 2036 at 04:11:19PM +0000, Torsten Kuehn wrote:

> pointed out in my last mail, the Linux driver has a much more serious bug
> when running in SMP mode (did *scramble* whole Ext2 partition about 15
> times, had to re-install entire system that often).
> So, I'd prefer a fixed version of FreeBSD's ahb driver. Have any changes
> been made to the ahb driver since 3.2? Are kernel (better: mere driver)
> patches available allowing to upgrade kerneldist from 3.2 to 3.4?

Can't you try to boot a 3.4R bootfloppy to see what happens? Probably the
easiest thing to try.

> down from SCSI-II to -I mode .. and the CAM driver selects the drive. I'd
> prefer, however, if the driver worked in SCSI-II mode as some features
> became unavailable under other OS, otherwise. Should I try to downgrade
> AHA1742A's F/W to v1.40? Alas, there is no new code for NEC 502 drive.
> BTW: there's a 2740 in another box. It seems to be much more delicate
> than the 1742A, as it did not even recognize an externally connected
> Fujitsu M2512A MO drive (2740 also with latest v2.10 F/W).

MO drives generally stink as far as firmware goes. Any chance you can try
a plain, known-good HD? I have much better experiences with 2740

I have not received an answer yet from the guy running a [12]740-based system
about his experiences with 3.4

W/
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Wilko Bulte 					Arnhem, The Netherlands	  
    						WWW : http://www.tcja.nl 


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