Re: Including aic7xx 5.0.7 in 2.1.x
G. Sumner Hayes (sumner@collegium.adsl.net.cmu.edu)
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 16:55:13 -0500
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
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