[2924] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: TekRam DC-390 and a HP CDWriter 6020i
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Blundell)
Sat Dec 13 07:26:19 1997
To: Kurt Garloff <garloff@kg1.ping.de>
cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fredrik_Engstr=F6m?= <chimay@myself.com>,
Linux SCSI list <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:54:03 +0100."
<Pine.LNX.3.96.971213004223.8692E-100000@kg1.ping.de>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:12:00 +0000
From: Philip Blundell <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com>
>I believe the driver in 2.1.72 is the same as the one in 2.0.32, but it
>didn't check recently. I sent my upgrade to the linux list some time ago,
>but nobody merged into the kernel yet, AFAIK.
If you send me another copy of the patch I'll see about merging it. I think
it got lost before.
>the am53c974 driver is known to have problems.
Indeed. The Tekram driver seems to be generally better written, and I gave up
trying to debug the AM53C974 driver once the DC390 one was included in the
kernel. I see no reason why the Tekram driver shouldn't work with any card
based on the same chip.
Shortly after the DC390 driver was merged the AMD one got broken altogether by
some kernel changes (the softirq stuff, I think). Last I looked it was at
least partly mended again, but I didn't bother to check it out properly.
p.
