Re: 2.5.63-mm2

Mark Wong (markw@osdl.org)
04 Mar 2003 15:06:24 -0800


On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 14:09, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Mark Wong <markw@osdl.org> wrote:
> >
> > It appears something is conflicting with the old Adapatec AIC7xxx. My
> > system halts when it attempts to probe the devices (I think it's that.)
> > So I started using the new AIC7xxx driver and all is well. I don't see
> > any messages to the console that points to any causes. Is there
> > someplace I can look for a clue to the problem?
> >
> > I actually didn't realize I was using the old driver and have no qualms
> > about not using it, but if it'll help someone else, I can help gather
> > information.
>
> There are "fixes" in that driver in Linus's tree. I suggest you revert to
> the 2.5.63 version of aic7xxx_old.c, see if that fixes it.

Reverting to Linus's 2.5.63 tree produces the same problem for me. I
had thought I tried it before, but it turns out I was running 2.5.62.
2.5.62's aic7xxx_old is good for me.

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