Hello Kars, >> > 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? > > That is the value that's in the data manual of the Symbios Logic > SYM53CF94/96-2 (the actual chip that's in my Amiga SCSI controller). > > Funny, according to the QLogic FAS2x6 manual the value should be 7682 > for FAS216/216U/236/236U chips... > > I don't think it's all that important. It only means that the actual > selection timeout used by the chip will be slightly shorter than it is > supposed to be. Thanks for checking that - I agree that it might not amount to much. The more important issue is the one about the one-byte reconnect message. Does the manual speak to that particular issue? Any hint on how we could enable SCSI-2 features on chip init? Can you point me to a source for the manuals if possible? Cheers, Michael -- 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
