Re: Advansys SCSI driver and 2.6.16

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Ken Witherow <ken@krwtech.com> wrote:
>
> I use an Advansys controller for an old, slow SCSI drive and my flatbed 
> scanner. I noticed that upon trying to boot 2.6.16, my Advansys controller 
> wasn't detected. Further investigation shows that the driver has been 
> fairly silently disappearing over the last couple releases.
> 
> Is this a permanent change or is the Advansys driver just in need of some 
> updating to current APIs? I'd hate to have to replace this controller and 
> I don't want to be stuck at 2.6.15 forever. If someone could point me in 
> the right direction about what the problem is, I'd be glad to take a look 
> at seeing if I could fix it.

There have been no changes in the advansys driver since November 2005, and
nothing substantial in over a year.  So I'd say what we have here is either
a faulty .config or a bug.

Please check the .config and if it looks OK, provide a full description of
the problem.  It may be useful to do

boot (2.6.15)
dmesg -s 1000000 > 1
boot (2.6.16)
dmesg -s 1000000 > 2
diff -u 1 2 > 3

and include `3' in the report.

Thanks.