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List:       linux-scsi
Subject:    Re: Old vs New aic7xxx
From:       Andi Kleen <ak () suse ! de>
Date:       2001-08-23 5:22:44
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On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:26:47PM +0200, Gérard Roudier wrote:
> As seen from the linux lists, Justin's new aic7xxx driver for Linux still
> may fail in a few situations where the old driver seems to work, but this
> seems due to this new driver being more aggressive by default regarding
> SCSI features, notably tagged command queuing. As a general rule, it is
> more reasonnable to use a maintained software rather than an unmaintained
> one.

I guess it would help somewhat if there was an easy to set "compat" flag
that made the new driver use the same defaults as the old ones.

[of course it is usually better for the users to fix their cabling etc.;
but in some cases where the old one worked flawlessly for years it would
decrease support load]


-Andi 
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