Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:25:53 -0800 | From | Samuel Flory <> | Subject | Re: Adaptec/DPT I2O Option Omitted From Linux 2.6.0 Kernel Configuration Tool |
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Leon Toh wrote: > At 11:15 AM 29/12/2003, Samuel Flory wrote: > > > How broken is the driver than ? What are the implication's if the driver > is left as it is for now ? >
It doesn't compile at all. If it's not fixed your only other option is the generic i2o driver.
>> It doesn't even compile in 2.4 for a number of archs like amd64. > > > This driver was initially intended only for i386 arch. Furthermore at > that time when this driver was finalized amd64 wasn't available.
My point is that the driver isn't very portable.
> >> A while back a bunch of people (including myself) raised the >> concern through various channels with adaptec. In theroy someone at >> adaptec is working on it, but there was not an ETA. > > > If you have happen to have a list of issues with this current driver > together with supporting information to back up those claims, please > forward them to so that I can escalate those issues into Adaptec via the > appropriate communication channel. I happen to have a number of > contact's within Adaptec myself. > > By the way I've hack the script file to make Adaptec I2O Option to > appear in Linux 2.6.0 Kernel Configuration tool. Currently I'm now in > the middle of recompiling the kernel using current dpti2o driver support > but haven't got to the dpti2o driver yet.
You might want to hold off on doing a lot of work for a bit. I think there was a beta driver that was being passed around.
-- There is no such thing as obsolete hardware. Merely hardware that other people don't want. (The Second Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory <sflory@rackable.com>
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