Subject: Re: -current kernel compile problem
To: NetBSD/alpha Discussion List <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-alpha
Date: 05/04/2001 10:29:38
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 09:45:12PM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> [ On Thursday, May 3, 2001 at 16:31:05 (-0700), Jason R Thorpe wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: -current kernel compile problem
> >
> > Use the "siop" driver -- The "ncr" driver was not converted to the new
> > SCSI code, and I expect that it will be deleted.  The "siop" driver works
> > a lot better, anyhow.
> 
> I sure hope that's true!  I'm going to try updating my source tree on
> the weekend and I do hope my Exabyte Eliant-820 drive works better with
> the siop driver than it does now in 1.5T (at least under i386)....

Can you elaborate ?
Although I didn't try recently, I quickly tested siop with an old Exabyte
drive (quickly because this drive is dead and can only return media error
when reading or writing tapes).

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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