[parisc-linux] disks not recognized by new 53c700/53c710 driver (was [parisc-linux-cvs] linux rhirst)

[Helge Deller]

> SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> 53c700: consistent memory allocation failed
>
> Is it normal for the consitent memory allocation to fail as indicated
> above? What does this mean?

Hi Albert.

Yes, it's normal that it fails that way on your machine.
It just says, that your machine/CPU needs a "cache-writeback"
command by the cpu before any other chips may access that 
area of memory directly via dma. 
In other words, your machine isn't cache-coherent and this
will be handled automatically by the driver. 
Btw, harmony (sound), lasi_82596 (LAN)  and other drivers have 
the same problem, but mostly don't inform you about that.

Greetings,
Helge