On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, G.W. Wettstein wrote:
> The following is the .config option that needs to be set for reliable
> operation with the DPT cards:
>
> CONFIG_SCSI_EATA=y
>
> We have not found the driver configured with the following define to be stable:
>
> CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA
>
> The instability is especially profound in an SMP environment. Under
> any kind of load there will be crashes and hangs.
Red Hat defaults to using CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA if you have a PM2144UW. I
have a client with 2 servers using PM2144UW's with CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA
that have been rock stable. Neither is SMP. One is a mail/web/dns
server. The other is backup mail/dns and squid.
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