[4541] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: RedHat Linux 5.1/Adaptec 2940 drivers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frederick F. Gleason)
Thu Aug 13 08:40:39 1998
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:38:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Frederick F. Gleason" <fredg@wava.com>
To: Bruce Vryenhoek <bvryen@rdva.cnchost.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <004201bdc691$397a5d00$2a991fd1@smeg>
On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Bruce Vryenhoek wrote:
> 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.
You need to patch the AIC7xxx driver. You can find the patches at:
ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/
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