Subject: Re: current state of NCR driver?
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@teeri.jmp.fi>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/27/1996 09:58:24
Jukka Marin writes:
> [ncr scsi driver]
> 
> > I use it every day. However, I have a very fast processor. The slower
> > the processor and faster the drive, the greater the probability of
> > trouble. Some machines, its bad enough not to work at all.
> 
> Is there anyone who knows where the problems are and who could fix them?

The problem is that the driver needs to be rewritten, from scratch. No
one seems to be willing to.

> For me, the ncr driver has been working well, but I fear that moving the
> real users over from an A3000 will probable make the problems show up.

If you can put the disk under moderate load with a single user and not
get console messages, you are fine and shouldn't worry further.

Perry