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From: "Ken Garlock" <k-garlock@ti.com>
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Subject: Which driver update to use?
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:08:44 -0500
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Hi folks.

I just upgraded my system from Redhat 5.0 to Redhat 5.1, and all went very
smoothly.  That is a first for me and Redhat -- I am pleased to see the
progress.  BTW, the system is a PPRO 200 with 2940U, 2 Quantum Atlas 2.2 GB,
and 1 IBM 9.1 GB, no Ultra drives.

One problem I did see, but only once so far, was a scsi timeout which I had
never experienced before, the system recovered and kept running.  My kernel
is 2.0.34 with 5.0.13 patch level for aic7xxx.  This is straight out of the
box Redhat 5.1 with the 5.1 patches from Sunsite.unc.edu.

 So, I thought I would go to Doug's ftp site and pick up the latest patch
level for the driver, 5.0.18.  Well, when I got there I was somewhat
confused as to which code to bring down.  There are several flavors of
updates, and I need guidance as how to proceed.  Should I slam-dunk a
complete 5.0.18, or should I incredmentally move up to it through the "a to
b" patch deltas?  **Which directory to I pull from?

Since Redhat 5.1 is shipping (got mine by FedEx last Friday), it might be
good to publish a set of steps to move from the Redhat base distribution to
the latest driver level.

Doug Ledford,  What do you recommend?

Thanks for your consideration.

Regards,
Ken Garlock              k-garlock@ti.com
These are my comments, not my employer's who is Solaris fan.


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