Ultra 160 Support in Redhat 7.1 (aic7xxx 6.1.7)

[jimmy]

Hello Justin,

My question was: Is there Ultra 160 support in version
6.1.7 of AIC7XXX driver?

Advising to upgrade to a newer version does not really
help me at this moment. This is a production server
with AIC driver built into kernel and upgrading it is
an option only if there is no U160 support from
developers. 

I am trying to track down the problem with U160 15K
Seagate Cheetah. I am assuming that the problem
originates from the AIC driver. But I have to get a
word from developers if this is the reality.

The same system boots just fine from DOS (floppy boot)
with 2 drives and we have copied 9 GB IBM Ultra2 drive
to 36 GB 15K Ultra 160 Seagate drive without a hitch.
I mean, both drives are visible and work fine from
DOS.

So, this definitely is not a termination/bad
pin/cabling issue.

Thanks,

Jimmy

--- "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs at scsiguy.com> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >Is there Ultra 160 support in version 6.1.7 of
> AIC7xxx
> >driver?
> 
> Yes, but I would suggest upgrading to a later driver
> revision.
> See:
> 
> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/
> 
> >I am using the one that comes with Redhat 7.1,
> >2.4.2 kernel. AIC driver is built into the kernel.
> 
> The default driver in RedHat 7.1 was Doug's aic7xxx
> driver.  Are you sure that you are using the newer
> one?
> 
> >I get:
> >(scsi0: A:1:0): parity error detec ted in Data-in
> >phase ...
> >
> >Spent 3 days, countless hours and every imaginable
> >cable/terminator/drive combinations and still can't
> >get it working.
> 
> Includeing replacing the cables/terminators/drive?
> I've tracked such problems down to a bent pin *on
> the drive* before.
> 
> >If the driver is the issue, I am gonna
> >give a big kick in the butt to Redhat folks.
> 
> They've been pretty slow in taking up newer driver
> drops, so a big kick might help. 8-)
> 
> --
> Justin


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