Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 5 Oct 2000 17:38:55 +0200 | From | Ookhoi <> | Subject | Re: Incomplete Adaptec 29160 support!? |
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> > Based on what I've been able to find out on the net, it > > appears that the support of the Adaptec 29160 is not complete > > (optimal?), but because the card works in a degraded mode with the > > current driver, there haven't been many complaints. > > > > A recent benchmark in Open Magazine (1.2, Sep 2000) describes this. > > Their comments on page 26 address this issue. They say the card is > > recognized as a "7892", and works in Ultra2 mode instead of Ultra160. > > The use Redhat 6.2 for their benchmark. > > Which might be their problem. i haven't used RedHat for a while > (switched to Debian), but the Redhat kernel might not have the right support > compiled in. Also, were they using an Ultra160 drive? And an Ultra160 cable? > > > Looking at the driver, the README.aic7xxx file does not say that the > > 29160 (or any other Adaptec Ultra160 card, for that matter) is > > supported. > > Which is a bunch of bullsh*t. i have an Adaptec 39160 and it works > beautifully. With regards to the docs, i found this under the > "Supported cards/chipsets" section around line 42 of > drivers/scsi/README.aic7xxx (in both 2.4.0 and 2.2.17): > > AHA-29160M
kernel 2.4.9-test9, 29160 Adaptec. But /proc and lspci also say it is an AIC-7892. Is the AIC-7892 also a 64 bit card?
dmesg: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/11/0 (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 392 instructions downloaded scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.1/5.2.0 <Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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