[2544] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Unrecognized SCSI host (He means WD7296 - Gaerti)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Juergen Gaertner)
Fri Sep 26 08:34:20 1997
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:40:56 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Juergen Gaertner <Juergen.Gaertner@mbox.si.uni-hannover.de>
To: Don Oliver <Donald.P.Oliver.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970925165411.00939210@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov>
On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Don Oliver wrote:
> For mostly defensive reasons, i'm undertaking to install Red Hat linux on
> my P166 - 32mbRAM; Western Digital 7296a PCI SCSI host adaptor w/3hd's &
^^^^^
There is no working driver for this card.
See http://home.earthlink.net/~webspot/719x.html
There are all links you need to join the developpment team.
The patch published there is NOT working. The question is, if it will ever
work, because WD stopped supporting the WD719x-family of cards.
My conclusion of lot of EMail-traffic to WD was: WD suggests to trash the
WD719x-cards and to buy a new one from Adaptec (they sold their SCSI stuff
to Adaptec.) My suggestion is: if you trash your card, DON'T buy something
from WD or Adaptec. Perhaps look in the
/usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi-directory and look for good drivers, then buy
the corresponding card.
>
> argument (i.e. at the "boot:" prompt, no?) to get linux to recognize my
> host adaptor - something along the lines of "wd7000=<irq>,<dma>,<iobase>".
This driver doesn't work with WD719x (i.e. WD7193, WD7197, WD7296)
Rgs. GÄRTI
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