Subject: Re: Sun 3/60 problems
To: None <gregp@primenet.com>
From: Scott Ellis <sellis@rohan.sdsu.edu>
List: port-sun3
Date: 09/17/1996 19:25:52
In "Re: Sun 3/60 problems", Greg Putrich <gregp@primenet.com> wrote: 
> Rick Kelly <rmk@rmkhome.rmkhome.com> wrote:
> 
> : NetBSD 1.1.  The hard disk is a Quantum TRB850S FAST SCSI-2.
> 
> <snip>
> Under NetBSD-mac68k, we have a second SCSI driver avail (as opposed to the  
> ncr5380 driver). I've recompiled my kernel with that and going to see
> how it goes. I've been told that it works much better. I'll see in a week
> or so. Usually takes about that long for the fs to become corrupt.

I too run NetBSD/Mac68k (On a IIsi) and NetBSD/Sun3 (on a 3/110).  The 
"corrupting" Mac SCSI driver (ncr_5380 I beleive) is Mac specific, and
seems to have bitten a lot of people.  The "non-corrupting" driver (sbc)
is based on the Sparc ncr scsi code (which is based on the Sun3 code
if I remember correctly).  It does, indeed, seem to solve the disk
corruption
problem, at least for me.  My Mac system has an uptime of around 33 days
now,
and I've not found any filesystem errors (this is -current).  I don't
really know what this has to do with Sun3 though...just thought I'd share.
;-)


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