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> I just attempted to recompile and install kernel version 2.0.35.

> On rebooting, the driver falls into a loop that continually resets
> the SCSI bus.

> Anybody know what has changed in this part of the kernel since
> 2.0.32?  (Which was the last "stable" kernel I got to work. . .).

>On rebooting, the driver falls into a loop that continually resets
>the SCSI bus.

>Anybody know what has changed in this part of the kernel since
>2.0.32?  (Which was the last "stable" kernel I got to work. . .).

> >I just attempted to recompile and install kernel version 2.0.35.

> >On rebooting, the driver falls into a loop that continually resets
> >the SCSI bus.

> >Anybody know what has changed in this part of the kernel since
> >2.0.32?  (Which was the last "stable" kernel I got to work. . .).

> It might be a problem with the card itself.

> If /proc/pci tells you that you have anything other than a (revision 0)
> card you will probably have problems. I don't know why they're so
> troublesome, but all the (revision 1) cards we've had have given us no end
> of problems (corruption, crashes, bus resets). Swapping them for rev 0's
> has stopped the problem completely.

>  Bus  0, device  11, function  0:
>    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7881U (rev 0).

>It is a Ultra Wide card. The machine is a Dual PPro-233MHz running in
>SMP mode. I have tried to apply the patch:

>   Bus  0, device  11, function  0:
>     SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7881U (rev 0).

> It is a Ultra Wide card. The machine is a Dual PPro-233MHz running in
> SMP mode. I have tried to apply the patch:

>     aic7xxx-5.1.0-pre3-2.0.35

> but this doesn't fix it either.

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>   Bus  0, device  11, function  0:
>     SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7881U (rev 0).

> It is a Ultra Wide card. The machine is a Dual PPro-233MHz running in
> SMP mode. I have tried to apply the patch:

>     aic7xxx-5.1.0-pre3-2.0.35

> but this doesn't fix it either.

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> I had problems with my AHA-2940UW card when I upgraded to Linux 2.0.34
> and 2.0.35.

> I just patched in the 5.1.0-pre5 version of the Adaptec driver, and my
> card now works fine again.  A pre6 driver (to clean up some remaining
> problems) is in the works, I believe.

> Try ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/ for the latest patches.

>         Steve Falco

>>On rebooting, the driver falls into a loop that continually resets
>>the SCSI bus.

>>Anybody know what has changed in this part of the kernel since
>>2.0.32?  (Which was the last "stable" kernel I got to work. . .).

>It might be a problem with the card itself.

>If /proc/pci tells you that you have anything other than a (revision 0)
>card you will probably have problems.

> For the same reason I'm currently working on the 5.1.0 driver version.  It
> had nothing to do with the old driver not working on the cards it was
> intended to work on, it had to do with newer cards on the market.
> Specifically, the 5.0.x driver versions, as are in 2.0.34 and 2.0.35 include
> support for the aic7895 chipset as used on many motherboards and as the
> newer 3940AUW cards use.  The 5.1.0 driver is adding support for the
> 7890/1/6/7 chipsets as well (all of the Ultra2 chipsets).

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>   Opinions expressed are my own, but
>      they should be everybody's.
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> What compiler are you using? Make sure you are using gcc 2.7.2.3, not
> egcs or gcc 2.8.x with the ioperm.c fix - I heard of this being the
> cause of locked systems under heavy disk usage for many people.

> --
> Tristan