Subject: Re: advantages of current over 1.0?
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Greg Earle <earle@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/02/1995 22:50:36
> 	- use of MI SCSI subsystem, allowing a wider range of devices
> 	  to be used.  (CAVEAT: there are combinations of SCSI devices which
> 	  are known not to work with the -current driver for the SCSI
> 	  controller on a SS1).

OK, OK, I can't take this Urban Legend stuff anymore!  :-)

I coulda *sworn* that I've seen both Charles and Peter get on here recently and
talk about improving the SPARC SCSI driver.  I was still under the distinct
impression that, although moving to a platform-independant SCSI subsystem is
most definitely a Good Thing, the state of the current driver was still not up
to snuff compared to the stability of the 1.0.

I'm still waiting to hear the word that -current is as good if not better than
1.0 in this regard.  As always, my continued paranoia is based on a having a
completely full SCSI bus:

 esp0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0x800000 pri 3: ESP100A, clock = 25 MHz, ID = 7
 tg1 at esp0 target 0
 sd1 at tg1 unit 0: FUJITSU M2263S-512 0189, 1315658 512 byte blocks
 sd1: <zmicro fujitsu m2263sa cyl 1648 alt 2 hd 15 sec 53>
 tg2 at esp0 target 1
 sd2 at tg2 unit 0: IMPRIMIS 94601-15 4614, 2032500 512 byte blocks
 sd2: <Seagate (CDC) Wren VII 94601-1.2G cyl 1703 alt 2 hd 15 sec 79>
 tg3 at esp0 target 2
 sd3 at tg3 unit 0: FUJITSU M2263S-512 0189, 1315658 512 byte blocks
 sd3: <zmicro fujitsu m2263sa cyl 1648 alt 2 hd 15 sec 53>
 tg0 at esp0 target 3
 sd0 at tg0 unit 0: MAXTOR LXT-213S SUN0207 4.20, 415436 512 byte blocks
 sd0: <SUN0207 cyl 1254 alt 2 hd 9 sec 36>
 tg4 at esp0 target 4
 [not matching `sd' at unit 0: not a disk]
 unit 0 at tg4 (tape (removable) qual=0x0 version=<iso 2, ecma 0, ansi 0>) not configured
 tg5 at esp0 target 5
 [not matching `sd' at unit 0: not a disk]
 unit 0 at tg5 (tape (removable) qual=0x0 version=<iso 2, ecma 0, ansi 0>) not configured
 tg6 at esp0 target 6
 sd4 at tg6 unit 0: SONY CDU 561  SUNMSCD 1.9i: unable to determine drive capacity [sts=2]

With 4 disks, 2 1/4" tape drives and a CD-ROM, if anything in SCSI-land goes
haywire on me, I'm toast  :-)

What's the scoop?

	- Greg