Subject: Re: 5000/240 and SCSI
To: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.oscs.montana.edu>
From: Kevin Sullivan <ksulliva@psc.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 03/16/1999 12:14:18
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On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 10:05:45 MST, "Michael L. Hitch" says
>  The 5000/240 uses the IOASIC SCSI normally, and the problem appears to
>only be in the TurboChannel-option SCSI that the 5000/200 has.  It's
>possibl that the problem may show up on the TC-option card on the other
>systems, but not too many people are using the TC-option card when they
>have the IOASIC SCSI.  [The IOASIC SCSI will use DMA directly to memory,
>while all the TC-option SCSI cards have to copy data to/from the on-card
>memory buffer.]

This machine has 2 additional TC SCSI cards.  So you're saying I should be
worried?

Is there a fix for this problem (in -current, maybe)?

	-Kevin


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