Messages in this thread | | | From | "Michael J. Micek" <> | Subject | Re: 2940UW Woes... | Date | Wed, 27 Mar 1996 20:16:46 -0800 (PST) |
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> I just bought an Adaptec 2940UW and am having problems with it.
What BIOS version? (I have AHA2940UW ver 1.21)
> During any kind of disk activity (*ANY* kind), I get an error message > from the kernel stating: > > <something> { DriveReady SeekComplete }
Haven't seen that.
What kernel are you running? 1.3.79, right? If not, upgrade. Also, read
http://puck.nether.net/~jared/victim.html
to keep you out of trouble.
> I've been told by Adaptec tech personnel that the newer cards > use the AIC7880 chipset rather than the AIC7780. Apparently the interface
How new? I think mine is 7888, come to think of it. I bought it last November at a show.
> is different enough that the commands sent the controller make the chip > fumble the ball and the system hangs. Is there any information about > programming these chips and/or is a driver update in the works? If there > is available programming information, I'd like to have a crack at updating > the driver. :)
The aic7xxx driver was last updated at about 1.3.68. (Let's see, if this is 1.3.79, that was about 4 weeks ago.)
> I may be off-topic on this list, but after digging around a bit, I > still can't come up with the name of the linux scsi list. Also, do the > *BSD folks have similar problems with this card?
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