Re: joining this list

[Ray Knight <audilvr@speakeasy.org>]

Michael Shuey wrote:
> 
> > > If you mac uses the mac53c9x driver for scsi you want to might want to
> > > add mac53c9x=1,0 (1 scsi bus) or mac53c9x=2,0 (2 scsi busses) to your
> > > boot command. The second does make my machine pretty stable (Quadra
> > > 950).
> >
> > I only have one SCSI bus.  What exactly is this argument going to do that
> > isn't the default behavior?
> 
> Until I gave my Quadra 950 the mac53c9x=1 arg the kernel detected _two_ SCSI
> busses, one for the internal jack and one for the external jack.  This is, I
> think, wrong.  Things didn't boot.  mac53c9x=1 forced it to one SCSI bus and
> it booted, although for some reason it won't use the external SCSI jack now.
> 
> --
> Mike Shuey
> 

This was fixed by me around somewhere around kernel 2.2.14  If you want
to use the external bus upgrade your kernel to either 2.2.18 or 2.2.19
and remove the mac53c9x=1 from the command options in penguin.  I use a
Quadra 950 for development and it is extremly stable running the 2.2.18
kernel.

-- 
Ray Knight
audilvr@speakeasy.org