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DateSat, 28 Dec 2002 03:32:44 -0200 (BRST)
FromMarcelo Tosatti <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] aic7xxx bouncing over 4G
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Samuel Flory wrote:

> Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
>
> >>I have an Adaptec AIC-7897 Ultra2 SCSI adapter on a system with 8G
> >>of physical memory.  The adapter is using bounce buffers when DMA'ing
> >>to memory >4G because of a bug in the aic7xxx driver.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >This has been fixed in both the aic7xxx and aic79xx drivers for some
> >time.  The problem is that these later revisions have not been integrated
> >into the mainline trees.
> >
> >
> >
>   Marcelo, what is required get the aic79xx driver, and the aic7xxx
> updates into 2.4.21?  A number of linux distros are already using it.
>  It would really help people using board with the U320.
>
>     I've been using both drivers for some time with no issues.  Or maybe
> you'd prefer Alan put it in his tree 1st?

Ho, hum, I prefer getting it tested in -ac for a while first.
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