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Subject: Re: System freeze: Adaptec (aac) timeouts (releng 8)
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On 15 September 2011 00:38, Elliot Finley <efinley.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was having the exact same problem using an Adaptec 52445. =A0After
> downloading and using the latest driver from the adaptec website, the
> problems stopped. =A0I haven't had a single freeze since using the new
> code. =A0The newest driver from the website has source code with it, so
> it shouldn't be that big of a deal to incorporate it into the base
> system. =A0 =A0I emailed the authors of the aac driver (Mike Smith and
> Scott Long), but they have both retired. =A0So I'm not really sure how
> to get this code into the base. =A0If anyone knows, please take up the
> charge.

File a PR and hound people on freebsd-current until it gets done?


Adrian