Re: Quantum LTO-2 tape drive and 29160N: bad wide negotiation

Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.help
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 02:44:08PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > Well, you have a 16bit-capable adapter and 16bit-capable target, so they
> > negotiate 16 bits. They have to way knowing that the cable is only 8 bits
> > (other than the parity error when trying to use the 16-bit path).
> >
> >> I will try the SCSI bios to try to set things to the right rates.  Does
> >
> > This may help
> 
> It helped a lot (and worked), but the 29160 with wide disabled
> negotiated only at 20 MB/s instead of 40 or 80.  I haven't figured out
> why.

I suspect because this part of the adapter isn't LVD. Or maybe
it automatically fall backs to Ultra for non-wide devices ...
> 
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Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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