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Re: Linux-2.1.76, ncr53c8xx.c is version 2.5c .. Huh ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gerard Roudier)
Mon Dec 29 15:32:38 1997
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 20:38:14 +0100 (MET)
From: Gerard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr>
To: "Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer" <babydr@nwrain.net>
cc: Linux Scsi maillist <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.971228225013.13550B-100000@filesrv1.baby-dragons.com>
Hello Mr. James,
On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer wrote:
>
> Hello Gerard, In my attempts to bring one of my systems
> kicking and screaming into the 2.1.x set of kernels , I
> acquired 2.1.76 & noticed that the ncr53c8xx.c file is at
> version 2.5c & in my fervor to keep up with the ncrdriver
> I find there is not a way to go from 2.5c of this kernel
> to 2.5d the patches on linux.wauug.org go from :
>
> 2.5-to-2.5a
> 2.5a-to-2.5b
> 2.5b-to-2.5d <<< ????? Jumps over 2.5c
> 2.5d-to-2.5e <<< Where I would like to be.
>
> May want to entice Linus into getting the 2.5e or 2.5d
> into the 2.1.'next' kernel . :-)
I just checked my archives. In fact this patch has never existed since I
sent Linus a 2.5a-to-2.5c patch and when I've made available 2.5d, the
previous patch at wauug jumped to 2.5b.
I am currently fighting against a Device Errata Listing involving
875 Rev <= 3 and will make available patches before the end of this
week for both linux 2.0 and 2.1. These patches will be also sent to Linus.
They will at least work around the patch list errata you noticed. :-)
BTW, 2.5e should not make big difference against 2.5c, IMO.
Below is what I wrote in the ChangeLog:
Sun Oct 26 12:00 1997 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
* revision 2.5e
- Add 'buschk' boot option.
This option enables checking of SCSI BUS data lines after SCSI
RESET (set by default). (Submitted by Richard Waltham).
- Update the README file.
Sat Oct 4 18:00 1997 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
* revision 2.5d
- Dispatch CONDITION MET and RESERVATION CONFLICT scsi status
as OK driver status.
- Update the README file and the Symbios NVRAM format definition
with removable media flags values (available with SDMS 4.09).
Regards, Gerard.
