Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:07:55 +0100 | From | Miquel van Smoorenburg <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.18pre25 |
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According to Alan Cox: > > my server currently works with that patch, but I'm sure it won't boot anymore > > if I apply this 2.2.18pre25 alone. > > Some days I don't know why I bother
Bad day, Alan? ;)
> > just in case, here it is again. > It doesnt even apply
Hmm, it did apply for me. Do newer versions of patch have the -l option on by default?
Anyway. I just threw together a testmachine with a megaraid card. With 2.2.18pre18, it doesn't boot. With 2.2.18pre18 + Willy's patch, it does boot.
And with 2.2.18pre25 without any extra patches, it magically works.
So I took the plunge and compiled 2.2.18pre25 on the production machine with the megaraid. And well, it's coming up as I write this.
I see that another patch _has_ been applied between pre18 and pre25 that tooks out some forward/backwards-compat logic with LINUX_VERSION_CODE magic (beneath /* Read the base port and IRQ from PCI */). And reading the patch, it makes sense. It probably does about the same as Willy's patch, but the "right" way by using pci_resource_start() which the one in pre18 only did for kernels > 2.3.0
So, it looks like pre25 has a working megaraid driver. Thanks Alan.
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