Subject: Re: SCSI DMA testers wanted.
To: Brian D Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/25/1999 09:46:48
> 
> Just tried it out on my SCSI/MFM VAXstation 3100/M30.  The SCSI support
> seems to work fine on this controller.  I was able to label and newfs a
> 2GB Micropolis without problems.  Given this is a relatively zippy disk I
> was able to get around 860KB/s on reads.
> 
Great! I was a little bit worried about what the compatibility mode
on the SCSI/MFM controller could cause.

> I'm a little concerned about lance ethernet support under 1.4L. It seems
> to very well behaved on my VAXstation 3100/M38, but on my M30 the le0
> device timeouts are really frequent.  I'm not sure what the difference is
> between the M30 and M38 on this.
> 
I know what the problem is, I just haven't had time to fix it.
I will make some smart solution for it to be able to use the
IOMMU-stuff on 4000/60 and /90.

-- Ragge