[4540] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: RedHat Linux 5.1/Adaptec 2940 drivers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Vryenhoek)
Thu Aug 13 07:14:58 1998
From: "Bruce Vryenhoek" <bvryen@rdva.cnchost.com>
To: <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:19:42 -0400
>> 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.
>
> The chip series is known as AIC7XXX, and thus is the driver.
>
>> During initial installation my system hangs on the Autoprobe search of
the
>> SCSI bus.
>
> You do have some very recent model of the controller, don't you ?
>
Bought in late 97. Current driver is AIC78XX.sys. What criteria must be met
in order to get Linux to successfully communicate w/ the controller? Which
models of the controller are generally considered to be Linux-compatible?
Bruce
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