Re: CMD fixes in 11?

[Dave McGuire <mcguire%neurotica.com@localhost>]

On 3/27/26 07:31, Hans Rosenfeld wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 01:54:19PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > On 3/26/26 13:06, George Harvey wrote:
> > > > >     Hi folks, does anyone know if Hans Rosenfeld's CMD SCSI host adapter fixes
> > > > > will be in '11?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, they are. Also in -10. :)
> > >
> > > I can confirm that 11.0_RC2 boots on my 4000/500A with CMD SCSI controller.
> >
> >    That sounds great, thank you George!  And thanks to Hans for nailing this
> > longstanding problem.
> >
> >    So just in the vein of wanting everything to be perfect (and we are so
> > close!), has anyone had any thoughts about the CMD TMSCP controller hang
> > problem?  I wonder if it's related; it's reasonable to assume that CMD
> > didn't reinvent the wheel when designing their Qbus interfaces.
>
> Does it still hang on -11?
>
> If so, can you perhaps point me to a bug entry or a mailing list post
> that describes the problem in more detail?

  I've not yet been able to test -11.  I hope to make time to do so 
within the next couple of days.

  But wow, I was half asleep when I posted that message.  It's not a 
CMD controller, it's an Emulex QT13! :-/  So obviously forget what I 
said about CMD using the same bus interface!  Sorry about that.

  The problem is a simple one: Any attempt to access the tape drive 
just hangs, with no tape motion and no output.  The tape subsystem works 
fine under VMS.  This is on a -705A.  I posted briefly about this 
problem on 11/28/2023.

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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