From 100ecdb205b287c5b4af10b45382b2b76f7b6224 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gabor Pali Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:26:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Question 5.16: - Insert ahc(4) man page - Mark up "automatic termination" with Approved by: gabor (mentor) --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index 3b3aae8c65..5066232280 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -3355,12 +3355,13 @@ quit Your motherboard lacks the external logic to support automatic termination. Switch your SCSI BIOS to specify the correct termination for your configuration rather - than automatic termination. The AIC7XXX driver cannot + than automatic termination. The &man.ahc.4; driver cannot determine if the external logic for cable detection (and thus auto-termination) is available. The driver simply assumes that this support must exist if the configuration - contained in the serial EEPROM is set to "automatic - termination". Without the external cable detection logic + contained in the serial EEPROM is set to + automatic termination. Without the external + cable detection logic the driver will often configure termination incorrectly, which can compromise the reliability of the SCSI bus.