>    Based on Chris' message I just re-sup'd and tried again with the 
> change that went in esp.c yesterday.   the result is:
> 
> scsibus0 at esp0
> esp0 targ 1 lun 0: <QUANTUM, P105SS 910-10-94, 8.9> SCSI1 0/direct fixed
> sd0 at scsibus0: 100MB, 1019 cyl, 6 head, 33 sec, 512 bytes/sec
> error... error... esp0: async
> error... error... error... error... error... 

ahh, that's exactly the same thing i see on the Alpha with IBM Lightnings.

> The system hangs after printing the 7th "error..." (L1-a will not
> break it).   (Before it never stopped printing "error...")

except it boots just fine, other than that error.  8-)

>    Question: considering the state of the current sparc esp SCSI system, 
> is it useful to generate bug reports, or should people hold off on them 
> until more work is done?   I am willing to generate more detailed bug
> reports if they will be useful.

it's probably appropriate to hold off on them, for now.


chris