Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Mar 1998 16:55:13 -0500 | From | "G. Sumner Hayes" <> | Subject | Re: Including aic7xx 5.0.7 in 2.1.x |
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Carsten Gross <carsten@sol.wohnheim.uni-ulm.de> wrote: > Hi! > > In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.980313142758.168A-100000@ufp.in-trier.de>, > linux@bero-online.ml.org (Bernhard Rosenkraenzer) writes: > [aic 5.0.7 driver in 2.1.8x instead of the original one] > > Same thing here with a PCI Adaptec 2940 in a Pentium 60 and a PCI Adaptec > > 2940UW in a K6-233. > > I guess it's safe to include the aic7xxx 5.0.7 driver in 2.1 before the > > feature freeze. (ftp://ftp.bero-online.ml.org/pub/linux) > > The same here. No problems with hanging processes or filesystem corruption > since installing aic driver 5.0.5. With the old driver I had some problems > with the "wait_on_inode" operation which are completly gone with the new > driver - Thanks for the good work.
I concur. We've heard from Bernhard; if Doug Ledford agrees [I've cc'd him] maybe he could give the idea his stamp of approval (and cc: Linus with it).
5.0.7 works like a charm here with 2.1.90-pre2. Many thanks for the good work!
-Sumner
-- rage, rage against the dying of the light
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