Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10? [PATCH]

2000-11-02 Thread Elizabeth Morris-Baker
> Thank you for the information. I will give it some thought and see if I can come up with something that will fit both bills... The problem is that the disks that I have are very wide-spread, I would imagine. Compaq is shipping them in their newe

Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10?

2000-11-02 Thread stefan mojschewitsch
"chen, xiangping" wrote: > > Hello, > > I met a problem when trying to upgrade my Linux kernel to 2.4.0-test10. > The machine is Compay AP550, dual processor, mem 512 MB, and 863 MHZ freq. > It has two scsi host adaptors. one is AIC-7892 ultra 160/m connected to > internal hard disk, and the oth

Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10? [PATCH]

2000-11-02 Thread David Weinehall
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 06:24:47PM -0600, Elizabeth Morris-Baker wrote: > > > > Yes, I know that is in the spec, but truly, > some scsi devices do act this way > Maybe they need to read the spec :> > > I have included the START_STOP for Matthew, but > I never s

RE: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10?

2000-11-02 Thread chen, xiangping
02, 2000 4:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10? > > Hello, Yes, I encountered the same problem, and have a fix, but want to test it. If the author of scsi_scan.c would like to correct it, then that wo

Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10? [PATCH]

2000-11-02 Thread Elizabeth Morris-Baker
> Yes, I know that is in the spec, but truly, some scsi devices do act this way Maybe they need to read the spec :> I have included the START_STOP for Matthew, but I never see it execute with the ATLAS disks... A diff follows for those that wa

Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10?

2000-11-02 Thread Torben Mathiasen
The SCSI spec says that INQUIRY and not TUR + INQUIRY is the way to go, but maybe we should make it a compile time option for buggy drives. On Thu, Nov 02 2000, Elizabeth Morris-Baker wrote: > > > > You need to send the TUR first, but yes, > START_STOP will guarantee that you are

RE: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10?

2000-11-02 Thread chen, xiangping
: Elizabeth Morris-Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 4:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10? > > Hello, Yes, I encountered the same problem, and have a fix, but want to test it. If the aut

Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10?

2000-11-02 Thread Elizabeth Morris-Baker
> You need to send the TUR first, but yes, START_STOP will guarantee that you are ready to rock and roll. The first fix I wrote did a TUR, then 3 tries at a START_STOP, till it worked. cheers, Elizabeth > > --8t9RHnE3Z

Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10?

2000-11-02 Thread Matthew Dharm
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 03:58:24PM -0600, Elizabeth Morris-Baker wrote: > Basically the problem is in scan_scsis_single. > Some scsi devices are notoriously brain dead > about answering inquiries without having > recived a TUR and then spinning up. > The problem seem

Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10?

2000-11-02 Thread Elizabeth Morris-Baker
> > Hello, Yes, I encountered the same problem, and have a fix, but want to test it. If the author of scsi_scan.c would like to correct it, then that would be fine. Basically the problem is in scan_scsis_single. Some scsi devices are notoriously brain dea

scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10?

2000-11-02 Thread chen, xiangping
Hello, I met a problem when trying to upgrade my Linux kernel to 2.4.0-test10. The machine is Compay AP550, dual processor, mem 512 MB, and 863 MHZ freq. It has two scsi host adaptors. one is AIC-7892 ultra 160/m connected to internal hard disk, and the other is AHA-3944 ultra scsi connected to