Hello:
I am running 2.2.9 on a Gateway GP6-300 which is a P2 box with the PIIX4 IDE
chipset. It has performed faithfully with IDE/UDMA drives on 2.0, 2.1 and now
2.2 kernels. I've used the Matrox FBCON without trouble, various modems, and an
NE2K ethernet card.
I purchased an Adaptec AHA-2940UW Pro card, built the appropriate SCSI driver
into the kernel, and installed a new HD and CDROM. Everything runs swimmingly
on bootup until Linux itself starts.
The SCSI interface is not recognized by the kernel on bootup (I get scsi: 0
hosts), and scanning /proc/pci shows that it is seen as an "Adaptec unknown
device".
I don't know what to blame here; my motherboard's BIOS, the Adaptec SCSI bios,
the kernel's aic7xxx driver, or gremlins. However, the AHA-2940UW "Pro" is an
odd card; it's a 2940UW that is supposed to be able to handle all three
connectors at once, and I can't find documentation on the cursed thing
anywhere, least of all from Adaptec.
If there is a known linux fix for this such as a kernel parameter, a tweak to
the driver, or a goat to sacrifice, I'd very much appreciate hearing about it.
A hug would be nice too. ;-)
Conrad
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Conrad Heiney
conrad@fringehead.org
http://fringehead.org
Loni Anderson's hair should be LEGALIZED!!
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