Re: NCR53c8xx timeout change?
Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Wed, 21 Jan 1998 10:43:36 +0100 (MET)
David Mosberger-Tang wrote:
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 20 Jan 1998 14:56:49 -0500 (EST), " Raymond A. Ingles" <inglesra@frc.com> said:
>
> Raymond> I downloaded kernel 2.0.33, and I've been laboring at
> Raymond> configuring it. Changing the SG_BIG_BUFF value to the max
> Raymond> is easy enough, and I've done that.
>
> Raymond> But back in 2.0.30 I also needed to patch the ncr53c8xx.c
> Raymond> driver to make sure that it wouldn't time out in the middle
> Raymond> of a long scan. (I have a Mustek IISP type which doesn't
> Raymond> disconnect.) The sane-scsi man page still says:
>
> I haven't had time yet to look at 2.0.33 but if it comes with the
> driver that's in the 2.1.x series of the kernels, the patch is no
> longer necessary.
Anyway, we introduced the "strip-height" parameter to be able to prevent
the VERY LONG scsi bus holdups.
Roger.
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