Re: timeouts with ncr53c8xx
Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Sun, 8 Nov 1998 17:15:53 +1100
Hans-Frieder Vogt writes:
> Richard Gooch writes:
> ...
> > > > CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=y
> > > > CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=8
> > > > CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=4
> > >
> > > A default value of 8 for a max value of 4 for the same thing is
> > > bogus.
> >
> > Hm. I think this is an artefact of using make oldconfig: originally
> > there was the MAX_TAGS option IIRC and I took the default value of
> > 4. Later the DEFAULT_TAGS option came along and I took the default
> > again. Since that new option came first, I didn't realise there was an
> > inconsistency. Once I selected the default for the new option,
> > make oldconfig would zoom past the MAX_TAGS option.
>
> I also had an old .config file and the same values.
> After I changed CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS to 32 (as proposed) the driver
> 3.1a worked FINE :) (tested with pre-patch 2.1.127-7)
I just tried this too and I can confirm that the timeout problem I was
having went away.
Regards,
Richard....
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