Subject: Re: scsi select/reselect on esp*
To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
From: Jeremy Cooper <jeremy@broder.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/13/1997 13:54:43
On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Matthew Jacob wrote:

> >> [ Why is reselect disabled in the GENERIC config? ]
> >
> > [ To workaround the reselection bug in the ESP chip ]
> 
> I'm sorry, that's simply not so. This was worked out in SunOS
> 4.0.3c and has worked reliably since 1989.
> 
> Now, it's true that the NetBSD driver has problems. However,
> it's not an insoluble problem.

Yes, I am sorry.  There is a bug in the SCSI chip which makes
straight-forward selection while disconnected selections are present,
impossible.  This does not rule out other methods of selection (which
SunOS probably uses.)

-J