Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 08 Nov 2001 16:08:36 -0500 | From | John Gluck <> | Subject | Re: Question: Adaptec AIC7xxx support |
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Hi Justin
Thanks much that really cleared it up for me.
John
"Justin T. Gibbs" wrote:
> >Hi > > > >I configuring the kernel, there is a option "Build adapter firmware with > >Kernel build". > > There should be. This comment has been in my distributed patches for > Configure.help for some time: > > Build Adapter Firmware with Kernel Build > CONFIG_AIC7XXX_BUILD_FIRMWARE > This option should only be enabled if you are modifying the > firmware source to the aic7xxx driver and wish to have the > generated firmware include files updated during a normal > kernel build. The assembler for the firmware requires > lex and yacc or their equivalents, as well as the db v1 > library. You may have to install additional packages or > modify the assembler make file or the files it includes > if your build environment is different than that of the > author. > > I guess it didn't make it in with the rest of the 6.2.4 driver. > > >There is no help for this. It's obvious that it build > >firmware but is it installed in the adapter automagically ??? > > Firmware is always downloaded by the driver during card initialization. > As noted above, only someone working on the firmware should need to > recompile it. > > >I also wonder why the reset delay is 15000 Msec. It used to be 5000 > >Msec. I've usually set it to that without nasty results. I just wonder > >what the reasoning is behind such a long delay. > > Some devices require it. The default should be long enough to accomodate > all configurations. If you can use something shorter, feel free to > reconfig your kernel that way. > > -- > Justin > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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