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Re: RedHat Linux 5.1/Adaptec 2940 drivers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henrik Johansson)
Thu Aug 13 06:39:00 1998
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:51:43 -0100
From: Henrik Johansson <henrik@lcdata.se>
To: Bruce Vryenhoek <bvryen@rdva.cnchost.com>
CC: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Hi!
The Adaptec 2940-driver is based around the aic7xxx-chipset, and
works on most of the cards belonging to this family.
I have successfully initiated Adapetc 2940AU (aic7860,aic7880),
2940UW & 3940(UW), I donīt remember the chipsets on these boards,
sorry. :_) I know it wonīt work on the 2940U2W (aic7890) and some
versions of the 2940UA (various chipsets been reported to cause this
failure). You might try and get the latest BIOS-rev for You particular
2940-card; It might do the trick. ;-)
// Happy Hacking,
Henrik
Bruce Vryenhoek wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just subscribed to this list so I apologize if this is a
> redundant question.
>
> (Is there an FAQ available?)
>
> I cannot find much in the way of Linux driver support for the Adaptec
> 2940 controller, either from Adaptec or from RedHat. It seems that Adaptec
> has stated a commitment to supporting Linux recently but has yet to provide
> the actual drivers.
>
> During initial installation my system hangs on the Autoprobe search of the
> SCSI bus.
>
> Bottom line: Is there a workaround available currently? There seems to be a
> deluge of hardware support for Linux with the 2940 being the current
> exception.
>
> TIA
>
> Regards,
>
> Bruce
>
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