Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:31:16 +0800 | From | Bob Frey <> | Subject | Re: advansys 3.2M vs. 3.3A driver |
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On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 10:31:58PM -0400, Douglas Gilbert wrote: > Conrad wrote: > > > I note that the 2.4 series kernels have version 3.2M of > > the Advansys scsi driver included in the source tree. > > > > The latest driver available on the Advansys (now > > connectcom.net) site is 3.3A. > > > > Is the newer 3.3A driver known to be unstable or > > hazardous in some way? If not, should it be included > > in the 2.4 release?
There were two releases 3.2N and 3.3A which never got into the Linux kernel. I did submit 3.3A, but it got dropped.
The important changes from 3.3M to 3.3A are use of the "new" SCSI error handling, improved locking (use a driver lock instead of io_request_lock), and adding support for the new U3W adapter. 3.3A can be gotten from: http://www.connectcom.net/support/software/os/linux.htm I tested this version on a number of UP and DP systems in v2.3.9X kernels. I had some problems with (I think) the new SCSI error handling so I didn't submit it at the time.
There is also a 3.3B in which Jerry Quinn <jlquinn@us.ibm.com> added PowerPC support (in addition to x86 and alpha). I will check with Jerry to get the latest version, test it in the lastest kernel, and if the error handling problems are gone submit it.
Please send any follow-up to linux-scsi; I only read the kernel traffic summaries of linux-kernel.
-- Bob Frey bfrey@turbolinux.com.cn
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