Re: CVS Update: 2.3 (branch: trunk)

[Reinhard N. <rn...@gm...>]

Ken Tyler wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Rene Brothuhn wrote:
>  
> 
>>>I've compiled a kernel with  PCI enabled but not tested it yet due to
>>>other goings on around here.
>>>
>>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've been away on holiday for a while and not done any testing of the UW
> SCSI controller.
> 
> The problem I was having was ethernet blocking or stalling if anything was
> connected to the UW 53c770 contoller.  Compiling in PCI didn't help but
> removing the 53c710 A4091 driver did.  Without the A4091, the UW
> controller is almost perfect...
> 
> Almost because I still get the system freezes when accessing SCSI disks
> that I always got with the A4091 !

Sounds interesting. Would you please lookup my mail in the linux-apus-user 
list (Kernel 2.4.x & A3000T) and tell me, if you experience similar problems?

> What can be going on ?
> 
> The 53c710 driver for the A4091 works perfectly (I'm told) in the A4000T
> and I can't imagine there's a problem in the higher level SCSI code.
> 
> What is unique with A4000 and CVPPC combination ?

Maybe PPC 604e?

> Could it be as simple as a hardware ram problem ? 

I've thought about that too. How can we test this?

I thought about making a diskless station and try a kernel compile then.

Bye.
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Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl
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