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- From: aoki@risk.stanford.edu (ikuro aoki)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: [386bsd] Queries for the new scsi driver.
- Date: 3 Jan 93 03:32:09
- Organization: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Message-ID: <AOKI.93Jan3033209@risk.Stanford.EDU>
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- In-reply-to: mhiroshi@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp's message of 3 Jan 93 09:48:59 GMT
-
- Hello,
-
- >> What is the advantage of the new scsi driver
- >> compared the old scsi drivers ?
-
- At least, it permits me using a faster aha1742a SCSI adapter
- instead of an aha1542b. And lots more useful features.
-
- >> Was the old scsi driver not using DMA transfer
- >> but program data transfer?
-
- Yes, the original scsi driver uses DMA transfer. I believe
- that the new scsi driver dosen't speed up your file access
- basicly if you use the same aha1542b adapter. The limitation
- is the transfer speed of the adapter.
-
- >> aha0 reading board settings, 150 nSEC ok, use 200 nSEC
-
- You may look into /sys/i386/isa/aha1542.c source code,
- especially around aha_set_bus_speed() function ~ 1383.
- It's better than descussing.
-
- # I don't have any idea for your Main problem. Excuse me.
- --
- Ikuro Aoki
- aoki@risk.Stanford.EDU
-