Subject: Re: aix7xxx driver in -current (Was: Re: aic7xxx_seq.h?)
To: None <pete@demon.net, soda@sra.co.jp>
From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
List: current-users
Date: 07/02/1996 13:55:51
>>BTW, I still get occasional lockups on booting.  Hitting the reset
>>switch sometimes pulls it back into a working state, or the power
>>switch.  It seems random, and happens no matter how I have things
>>installed...  I even went down to just one SCSI drive, and it still
>>happens.
>>
>>I can't believe it's a cabling issue.
>
>Its not.  Its because one of your devices is refusing negotiation for
>either sync or wide transfers and the driver is "missing" the rejection.
>This is one of a few bug fixes that are in FreeBSD and have yet to be
>brought into NetBSD.  Since FreeBSD's driver source is already "ported"
>for NetBSD, it can be dropped in at any time.

I would consider this a critical bug.  When will the fix get into
NetBSD?  Hopefully before the 1.2 release?

--Michael

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