Not doing this can cause cards less than u160 capable to send out PPR offers to devices they can't then deliver on ... causing some devices to get a bit confused. Fix by capping the start syncrate at the appropriate level according to the card capabilities. James diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_core.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_core.c index 75733b0..f350b5e 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_core.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_core.c @@ -1701,7 +1701,16 @@ ahc_find_syncrate(struct ahc_softc *ahc, u_int *period, if ((*ppr_options & MSG_EXT_PPR_DT_REQ) == 0 && maxsync < AHC_SYNCRATE_ULTRA2) maxsync = AHC_SYNCRATE_ULTRA2; - + + /* Now set the maxsync based on the card capabilities + * DT is already done above */ + if ((ahc->features & (AHC_DT | AHC_ULTRA2)) == 0 + && maxsync < AHC_SYNCRATE_ULTRA) + maxsync = AHC_SYNCRATE_ULTRA; + if ((ahc->features & (AHC_DT | AHC_ULTRA2 | AHC_ULTRA)) == 0 + && maxsync < AHC_SYNCRATE_FAST) + maxsync = AHC_SYNCRATE_FAST; + for (syncrate = &ahc_syncrates[maxsync]; syncrate->rate != NULL; syncrate++) { @@ -1765,6 +1774,17 @@ ahc_find_period(struct ahc_softc *ahc, u_int scsirate, u_int maxsync) else scsirate &= SXFR; + /* now set maxsync based on card capabilities */ + if ((ahc->features & AHC_DT) == 0 && maxsync < AHC_SYNCRATE_ULTRA2) + maxsync = AHC_SYNCRATE_ULTRA2; + if ((ahc->features & (AHC_DT | AHC_ULTRA2)) == 0 + && maxsync < AHC_SYNCRATE_ULTRA) + maxsync = AHC_SYNCRATE_ULTRA; + if ((ahc->features & (AHC_DT | AHC_ULTRA2 | AHC_ULTRA)) == 0 + && maxsync < AHC_SYNCRATE_FAST) + maxsync = AHC_SYNCRATE_FAST; + + syncrate = &ahc_syncrates[maxsync]; while (syncrate->rate != NULL) { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html