Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:26:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:26:07 -0500 Received: from adsl-67-114-192-42.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net ([67.114.192.42]:57628 "EHLO mx1.corp.rackable.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:26:06 -0500 Message-ID: <3E1B8E2B.9060200@rackable.com> Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 18:34:19 -0800 From: Samuel Flory User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Walt H CC: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Question for Marcelo References: <3E1AFA70.4070200@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jan 2003 02:34:40.0264 (UTC) FILETIME=[7E876880:01C2B6BE] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1453 Lines: 42 Walt H wrote: > Hi Marcelo, > > I was just wondering if support for the Adaptec 79xx had been added to > 2.4.21-pre? I have a server with the dual channel 7902 support on > board, that so far appears to be working OK. It's using 2.4.20 with > the driver patched in from Adaptec's site. I found an earlier mail > from you stating that it would be added during the 2.4.20-pre cycle. > Are there problems with the driver I should be aware of? Thanks, > > -Walt > > PS. Please CC me in any replies, as I'm not subscribed to the list. > Thanks. I believe that he would prefer that it get tested in the ac tree 1st. Alan seemed receptive to including it, but he's not doing much with the 2.4 ac kernel any more. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104106449418263&w=2 PS- All you really need to do to update the driver is delete drivers/scsi/aic7xxx, and replace it with the newer driver from Gibbs site. Recompile and you are done. http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/ aic79xx-linux-2.4-20021230-tar.gz -- There is no such thing as obsolete hardware. Merely hardware that other people don't want. (The Second Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory - 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/