From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Feb 16 11:39:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 802FF37B561; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:39:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB790132DE; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:38:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id UAA15227; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:10:45 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA01274; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:14:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:14:46 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Torsten Kuehn 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> References: <00021612232914900@mail1.pcom.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <00021612232914900@mail1.pcom.de>; from tkuehn@websurf.pcom.de on Mon, Mar 24, 2036 at 04:11:19PM +0000 X-OS: FreeBSD yedi.iaf.nl 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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/ -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message