RE: linux-kernel-digest V1 #2200

Slyglif Cain (slyglif@magerealm.com)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 17:56:42 -0700

> From: Nomad the Wanderer <nomad@orci.com>
> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:37:23 -0600
> Subject: aic7xxx only see's 2 0f 5 disks
>
> I'm on kernel 2.1.108. I've been seing this since kernel 2.1.105
> I believe. When I boot, my card detects scsi ID's 0 and 1 on the
> first channel of my 3940UW only. I have ID's 8,9 and 10 also. On
> the second channel, I have ID's 4,5 and 6. Kernel 2.0.34 can see
> all the devices, but 2.1.10X can't. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Someone please give me a fix for this...

I'm guessing on this, but there may be a problem in the 2.0.10x
aic7880 code which causes it to treat 3940's like narrow instead of
wide devices, which would explain why you can see all of the ID's
below 8, but 8 and up you can't.

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