[4171] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: 2.0.34 Adaptec aic7xxx driver update!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (phil@Stimpy.netroedge.com)
Thu Jun 18 15:27:17 1998
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 11:59:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: phil@Stimpy.netroedge.com
Reply-To: phil@Stimpy.netroedge.com
To: John Gibson <john.gibson@tekelec.com>
cc: Linux SCSI Mailing List <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35895FDC.2C1E@tekelec.com>
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, John Gibson wrote:
> 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
Do something like this (from a CLEAN 2.0.34 distribution from
ftp.kernel.org):
$cd
$gunzip aic7xxx-5.0.19-2.0.34.patch.gz
$cd /usr/src/linux
$patch -p1 < ~/aic7xxx-5.0.19-2.0.34.patch
[ lots of patch progress output ]
$ls
COPYING MAINTAINERS Rules.make drivers init
lib net
CREDITS Makefile System.map fs ipc
mm scripts
Documentation README arch include kernel
modules vmlinux
If you see lots of extra files than what's listed above, then you either
aren't using a clean 2.0.34 distribution or you applied the patch without
the -p1. -p1 is needed to keep the paths right (as long your pwd is
/usr/src/linux).
Does this help? If not, let me know how it failed and I'll try to help.
BTW- Update your other drivers, too, if you can. (E.g., ethernet NIC,
etc.)
Good luck!
Phil
PS- I'm running 2.0.34 w/ aic7xxx v5.0.19, eepro100.c v0.99C, w/ SMP on a
Supermicro P6DBE dual pent2 under heavy loading and it has been *solid*
[cross-my-fingers] since I upgraded the aic7xxx and eepro100 drivers (and
stopped using 3com NICs). My Adaptec 2940UW hasn't been giving me
problems, either.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
