[1898] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: ncr53c8xx driver update - Nvram now supported!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gerard Roudier)
Tue May 20 18:50:37 1997
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:45:50 +0000 (GMT)
From: Gerard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, ncr53c810@colorado.edu
cc: Richard Waltham <dormouse@farsrobt.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199705200207.DAA16074@farsrobt.demon.co.uk>
On Tue, 20 May 1997, Richard Waltham wrote:
> To upgrade to this version from a clean kernel version 2.0.28/29/30 requires
> the following patches available from:
>
> ftp://linux.wauug.org/pub/roudier
>
> ncr53c8xx-12c-to-12d-for-2.0.27.patch.gz
> ncr53c8xx-1.12d-to-1.18d-for-linux-2.0.29.patch.gz
> Development/ncr53c8xx-1.18d-to-2.0.patch.gz
> Development/ncr53c8xx-2.0-to-2.0a.patch.gz
> Development/ncr53c8xx-2.0a-to-2.1.patch.gz
> Development/ncr53c8xx-2.1-to-2.1a.patch.gz
> Development/ncr53c8xx-2.1a-to-2.2b-for-linux-2.0.29.patch.gz
>
>
> Although the names imply otherwise these patches apply cleanly to all kernel
> versions 2.0.28/29 and 30.
Using my archived linux-2.0.29.tar.gz file the patch
ncr53c8xx-12c-to-12d-for-2.0.27.patch.gz
is not needed and so would make problems.
Here is the script I tried before releasing the driver version 2.2b:
gzip -d </devel/NcrDriver/Patches/ncr53c8xx-1.12d-to-1.18d-for-linux-2.0.29.patch.gz | patch -p0
gzip -d </devel/NcrDriver/Patches/ncr53c8xx-1.18d-to-2.0.patch.gz | patch -p0
gzip -d </devel/NcrDriver/Patches/ncr53c8xx-2.0-to-2.0a.patch.gz | patch -p0
gzip -d </devel/NcrDriver/Patches/ncr53c8xx-2.0a-to-2.1.patch.gz | patch -p0
gzip -d </devel/NcrDriver/Patches/ncr53c8xx-2.1-to-2.1a.patch.gz | patch -p0
gzip -d </devel/NcrDriver/Patches/ncr53c8xx-2.1a-to-2.2b-for-linux-2.0.29.patch.gz | patch -p0
I just ran it again on an assumed ok fresh linux-2.0.29 tree and it applied
cleanly.
If you are invited by "patch" to reverse changes when applying
ncr53c8xx-12c-to-12d-for-2.0.27.patch.gz,
interrupt the patch command and remove this patch from the patches list.
When this version will be stable enough, I will made available a single
patch for linux-2.0.28/29/30.
Thanks, Richard, for the NvRAM support by the driver. I like this
enhancement and I guess that people who use recent NCR53C875 boards
will like it too.
Gerard.
