[parisc-linux] Cannot *write* to drives on HP 9000 K200

[Thibaut VARENE]

On 9/1/06, Grant Grundler <grundler at parisc-linux.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 09:40:37AM -0400, John David Anglin wrote:
> > > >    Vendor: SEAGATE   Model: ST15150W          Rev: HP07
> > >
> > > These model numbers read as if they are fast, wide, single ended.
> >
> > I think this is a Seagate firmware issue (i.e., drives of this vintage
> > don't correctly report whether they are differential or not).  You have
> > to look at the label on the drive.
>
> Sym2 driver reports the bus type earlier in the console output.
> If the drive is a different/wrong bus type, it will "tristate"
> the bus.

I have to wonder what kernel is that. Last time I checked; sym2 never
had such "ncr" printks:

> ncr53c720-0: rev 0xf irq 66
> ncr53c720-0: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity Checking, Differential

> scsi0 : ncr53c8xx-3.4.3g

and my 2.6.18-rc5 kernel reports:
scsi0 : sym-2.2.3

So this is definitely /not/ the sym2 driver

HTH

T-Bone

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Thibaut VARENE
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