From: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 08:33:12 +1200 > Hello Dave, Tuomas, > >>> Also, looking at the timeout formulae in the old NCR53C9x.c driver, >>> the values would be different for FAS216. Why was this dropped from >>> the modern esp_scsi? >> >> I've never seen a formula for any ESP or FAS chip for the timeout >> other than the one mentioned in huge comment in >> esp_set_clock_params(), although I do see the 7668 instead of 8192 >> factor being used in the old NCR53C9x driver. > > I haven't gone far enough back in the 53C9x revision history to be > certain. but it would seem to me that Kars de Jong added that FAS > special case. > > Can you confirm that, Kars? Any recollection as to the reason? Just as another reference point, I looked at the FreeBSD 'esp' driver and it also uses the 8192 factor for all chips, including FAS216. -- 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
