Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 29 Apr 2001 11:25:36 -0700 (PDT) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | RE: i2o/dpt/adaptec - SmartRAID V? |
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On 29-Apr-2001 tc lewis wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Davide Libenzi wrote: >> On 27-Apr-2001 tc lewis wrote: >> > >> > i saw a few messages in the archive about these, but i'm still unclear on >> > the current situation. >> > >> > according to /proc/pci, i'm working with a: >> > Bus 0, device 9, function 1: >> > I2O: Distributed Processing Technology SmartRAID V Controller (rev 2). >> > IRQ 9. >> > Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=1.Max Lat=1. >> > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xf9ffffff]. >> > >> > in the linux-kernel archive there was a recent message from someone noting >> > that the eata driver does not handle this card. it looks like adaptec has >> > drivers for this for use with certain versions of linux 2.2, but not for >> > linux 2.4. >> > >> > are these cards supported at all in linux 2.4? >> > >> > i think someone mentioned there were licensing issues on including this >> > driver in the kernel tree, but it was available via some other means / >> > someone hacked it up from dpt/adaptec for use with 2.4...can i get more >> > info on this? much appreciated. >> >> The attached file is what I'm currently using and, as far as I can tell, it >> works fine ( on a 2 way SMP PIII server ). >> The driver developer @adaptec.com told me that a newer version should be >> issued >> in a few days to be included in the mainstream code. >> This new version should have code fixes requested by Alan. >> > > thanks, Davide. i used the patch you sent with 2.4.3, also on a dual p3 > system, and so far it's been working flawlessly as far as i can tell for a > day or two now.
You've not to thank me but the guy ( Deanna Bonds ) that wrote the driver :) You can find her email address inside the driver C file header.
- Davide
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