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Date:      Sun, 7 Sep 1997 20:34:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@ibm.net>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
Cc:        "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@ibm.net>, adaptec drivers <aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG>, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject:   Re: Adaptec driver broken on 2740T 
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.970907203227.313B-100000@air.steve.net>
In-Reply-To: <199709072326.RAA02414@pluto.plutotech.com>

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On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:

> >All,
> >
> >I have bad news.  The adaptec aic7xxx driver in Linux 2.0.31-pre-9 is
> >broken for my EISA bus 2740T controller.  It seems to scan the drives on
> >bus A properly, then goes into an endless loop of kernel paging errors and
> >scsi resets when attempting to scan bus B (which has nothing on it, BTW).
> 
> I know that the sequencer still supports the 274XT cards as I have a
> 2742T in one of my own machines and have tested the FreeBSD driver there.
> I actually run most of the time with bus A empty, but I'll split my two
> drives on that machine again later tonight to ensure that both channels
> function correctly.
> 

I'm not convinced it's the sequencer.  Dan and Doug were doing a fair
amount of hacking on the host portion of the driver, and I'm not sure that
either of them have access to a 274xT.  I'm sure it's something quick and
simple - right guys?  <g>...


Steve





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