Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:33:40 -0700 (PDT) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | RE: i2o/dpt/adaptec - SmartRAID V? |
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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.
- Davide
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