this patch helps with problems when using an AHA2940AU:
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--- aic7xxx.c.old
+++ aic7xxx.c
@@ -4814,7 +4814,9 @@
case AIC_7850:
case AIC_7855:
case AIC_7860:
- case AIC_7861:
+#if 0
+ case AIC_7861: /* AHA-2940AU */
+#endif
config.bios = AIC_DISABLED;
config.flags |= USE_DEFAULTS;
config.bus_speed = DFTHRSH_100;
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The problem and the solution have been discovered by Peter Pointner. He
reported it to the Maintainer of the driver. Maybe this patchlet should
make it into 2.0.30, as 2.0.29 is still missing it...
> From deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org Thu Mar 6 21:27:04 1997
> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 18:45:25 -0600
> From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org>
> To: peter@wuzel.m.isar.de
> Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 AU (small problem and fix)
> Your patch is the right patch. We know about the problem and
> it will be fixed when we get around to doing the next release
> of the driver.
> Dan Eischen
> deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org
Hubert mantel@suse.de