From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:26:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:26:48 -0400 Received: from [161.69.248.229] ([161.69.248.229]:48270 "HELO mcafee-labs.nai.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:26:36 -0400 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.7 on Linux X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 11:25:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi To: tc lewis Subject: RE: i2o/dpt/adaptec - SmartRAID V? Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 29-Apr-2001 tc lewis wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Davide Libenzi wrote: >> On 27-Apr-2001 tc lewis wrote: >> > >> > i saw a few messages in the archive about these, but i'm still unclear on >> > the current situation. >> > >> > according to /proc/pci, i'm working with a: >> > Bus 0, device 9, function 1: >> > I2O: Distributed Processing Technology SmartRAID V Controller (rev 2). >> > IRQ 9. >> > Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=1.Max Lat=1. >> > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xf9ffffff]. >> > >> > in the linux-kernel archive there was a recent message from someone noting >> > that the eata driver does not handle this card. it looks like adaptec has >> > drivers for this for use with certain versions of linux 2.2, but not for >> > linux 2.4. >> > >> > are these cards supported at all in linux 2.4? >> > >> > i think someone mentioned there were licensing issues on including this >> > driver in the kernel tree, but it was available via some other means / >> > someone hacked it up from dpt/adaptec for use with 2.4...can i get more >> > info on this? much appreciated. >> >> The attached file is what I'm currently using and, as far as I can tell, it >> works fine ( on a 2 way SMP PIII server ). >> The driver developer @adaptec.com told me that a newer version should be >> issued >> in a few days to be included in the mainstream code. >> This new version should have code fixes requested by Alan. >> > > thanks, Davide. i used the patch you sent with 2.4.3, also on a dual p3 > system, and so far it's been working flawlessly as far as i can tell for a > day or two now. You've not to thank me but the guy ( Deanna Bonds ) that wrote the driver :) You can find her email address inside the driver C file header. - Davide