From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:53:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:53:57 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:45449 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:53:56 -0500 Subject: Re: DTE 3181e From: Alan Cox To: Pablo B Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030226054404.85557.qmail@web40102.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030226054404.85557.qmail@web40102.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1046268367.8948.13.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 (1.2.1-4) Date: 26 Feb 2003 14:06:07 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 05:44, Pablo B wrote: > I am trying to use an ancient DTC 3181e SCSI card with > the 2.4.20 kernel. However, whenever I load the > g_NCR5380 module with a SCSI device on, it inmediately > freezes the computer hard. The system gets completely > hung, needs a hard reset to restart (no Alt-SysRq > magic keys available). > I've been looking for information on the Net, but I > could not find anybody with similar problems. The driver is a bit cranky to say the least. It gets deeply upset if the bus locks for example. I did a lot of work on it in 2.5 and the 2.5 one seems to be stable and a lot better on my test box with a similar card (53c400a with no IRQ)