From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751151AbWDSStk (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:49:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751149AbWDSStk (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:49:40 -0400 Received: from cpe-66-66-109-154.rochester.res.rr.com ([66.66.109.154]:46742 "EHLO death.krwtech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751147AbWDSStj (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:49:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:49:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Ken Witherow X-X-Sender: ken@death Reply-To: Ken Witherow To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Advansys SCSI driver and 2.6.16 Message-ID: Organization: KRW Technologies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- Ken Witherow ICQ: 21840670 AIM: phantomlordken http://www.krwtech.com/ken