Re: linux-image-2.6-17-mac tries
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 09:32:00AM +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Brian Morris wrote:
> > i have been trying the 2.6.17 kernel on my old lcIII/performa450
> > (68030 no FPU).
> ...
> > block_queue_max_hardware_segments:set to minimum 1
> > (repeated 10x -between around scsci device idents, followed by)
> >
> > "bus error in macscsi_pread"
>
> The kernels I've tried on my lc III did the same thing. macscsi was
> working on my mac II a while back (IIRC around 2.6.10) but I think only
> esp scsi works at present (that is, quadra, centris, 475, 575, 630
> models).
It will kill the performance, but it looks like the driver has an
option to disable pdma. Try adding this to the kernel command line:
mac5380=-1,-1,-1,-1,0
Just get ready to wait for anything that touches scsi.
Brad Boyer
flar@allandria.com
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