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Re: 2.0.34 Adaptec aic7xxx driver update!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gibson)
Thu Jun 18 15:00:53 1998
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 11:43:40 -0700
From: John Gibson <john.gibson@tekelec.com>
To: phil@stimpy.netroedge.com
Cc: Linux SCSI Mailing List <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
I tried to patch my RedHat 5.1 (2.0.34) distribution with the
patch below (aic7xxx-5.0.19-2.0.34.patch.gz) but it failed. Did
I miss something? Is there an intermediate step which I left out?
Any help would be appreciated.
...john
phil@stimpy.netroedge.com wrote:
>
> >Andrew Fried <afried@nocs.insp.irs.gov> wrote:
> >> I currently have an Adaptec 2940 with an Exabyte 8mm tape drive
> >(3505XL).
> >
> >I saw that too with a SDT-7000 on the same setup. I will try another
> >SCSI card this evening.
>
> The aic7xxx driver is known to be partially broken in 2.0.34. Get the
> latest drivers from:
>
> ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/2.0.34/
>
> I had some curious errors/warnings under 2.0.34 before I updated the
> driver (I've got a 2940UW connected to a Sony AIT tape drive and a 36G
> outboard Raid), and now things don't complain at all and transfers fly.
> I'm using 5.0.18, but 5.0.19 is out now.
>
> Hope this cures at least some of the problems out there!
>
> Phil
>
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