Re: Fwd: linux-image-2.6-17-mac tries
> > I have no idea what kind of machine this happened on. If it's not Sonic or
> > IIfx, locking or interrupt reentry seems most likely. The 5380 driver of
> > old mostly relies on interrupts being masked on entry, and the big kernel
> > lock held.
>
> I hadn't looked at it that closely. However, that sounds like it's asking
> for trouble. The BKL has been pretty heavily deprecated in 2.6. There
> have been a ton of changes to irq handling as well.
I am aware of that.
> > IIRC the SCSI driver for Atari still worked in 2.6.13, with the limited
> > testing I gave it. I've patched 2.6.17 to compile but didn't have a chance
> > to test it yet.
>
> I'm not sure if it is still the case, but in the copy of the tree I
> have handy, atari_scsi uses a local copy of NCR5380.c rather than
Sure, but once upon a time, that local copy was derived from NCR5380.c and
the business end of the logic didn't change.
> the shared copy being used by mac_scsi. The sun3_scsi driver appears
> to have a local copy as well. I wouldn't trust the atari driver working
> as being much of an indication because of this.
I'm not even sure the Atari version still works in 2.6.17.
> > SCSI-1 disks have been reported to fail before... Either way, I'll test
> > the related Atari driver as soon as possible.
>
> I have to admit to lacking information with some of the SCSI specific
> issues. In any case, it would certainly be good to test the Atari code.
I have no idea what in particular the SCSI-1 disks do that the driver
doesn't like, except for not handling disconnects properly. It might even
be about select with or without attention signaling that goes wrong. IIRC
mixing SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 with the 5380 is a no-no. The details are
extremely fuzzy in my recollection, though.
Michael
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