I today compiled 2.4.21-rc2 smp with aic79xx-linux-2.4-20030502-tar.gz
and discovered no problems or hangs. (Tyan-S2665 with AIC-7902)
I haven't had any problems with the driver since I got this
motherboard starting with aic79xx-linux-2.4-20030318-tar.gz
and linux-2.4.21-pre5.
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Regards Klaus