Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264455AbTFITSL (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 15:18:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264460AbTFITSL (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 15:18:11 -0400 Received: from fmr01.intel.com ([192.55.52.18]:50417 "EHLO hermes.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264455AbTFITSK convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 15:18:10 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky" To: Anton Blanchard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: Patches for SCSI timeout bug Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 12:31:42 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1036 Lines: 26 > From: Anton Blanchard [mailto:anton@samba.org] > > > 2) By incresing the sym53c8xx post-reset delay to at least > > 12 seconds. > > > > Fix 2) may not be bad: I have at least one scsi hard drive which > > takes 5 seconds to recover from a bus reset. On the other hand, > > fix 2) makes the boot process longer: it introduces a delay of > > N x 12 seconds, where N is the number of scsi channels. > > (Most cards have two channels; some server-class machines with > > many cards may have a significantly longer boot). > > Yep, Ive got a box with 42 scsi controllers and the time to probe SCSI > is already unbearable :) Woah, can I see a copy of your electricity bill? That must suck amps... I?aky P?rez-Gonz?lez -- Not speaking for Intel -- all opinions are my own (and my fault) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/