Async negotiation (Was: 2.0.36/5.1.4 and BIOS settings)

Dirk Lutzebaeck lutzeb at aeccom.com
Wed Dec 2 01:26:28 PST 1998


Holger.Lenz writes:
 > I have hacked the 5.1.4 driver to force async transfers for a target if
 > sync
 > and wide negotiation are disabled in the BIOS, so the drive is currently
 > working. What I would like to hear about is

Interesting that 5.1.4 doesnt care about the BIOS settings. I have
also bus hang problems with my Seagate DAT. I suspect its because the
u2w driver enables sync mode although async mode is set in the
BIOS. The DAT FAQ says to always use async mode... Bummer. 

Dirk

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