> >Do you have your most recent release available via ftp? If so, I can
> >compare it with the Linux kernel release that I have from kernel 1.3.66.
> >(I can also send you the code I have here if you want to look at it).
>
> I think that the recent release is in the Linux kernel starting at 1.3.64
> (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Prior to that, I think that the last
> release into the Linux kernel was 1.3.49. So if changes were made to
> the aic7xxx driver somewhere after 1.3.49, it's possible that they didn't
> find their way into the last release sent to Linus (that became 1.3.64).
> I think we would have noticed any such changes, but it's possible...
> Our last release is in patch file format available from either:
>
These look quite old here:
> ftp.teleport.com:/pub/users/deang/Linux/aic7xxx/...
-rw-r--r-- 1 21361 users 54 Feb 13 00:13 .message
-rw-r--r-- 1 21361 users 365 Nov 11 20:16 AIC7xxx-1.2.10-patch-Jun14.README
-rw-r--r-- 1 21361 users 87317 Nov 11 20:10 AIC7xxx-1.2.10-patch-Jun14.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 21361 users 485 Jan 23 17:23 AIC7xxx-1.2.10-patch-Nov12.README
-rw-r--r-- 1 21361 users 95059 Jan 23 17:19 AIC7xxx-1.2.10-patch-Nov12.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 21361 users 4096 Feb 11 03:20 Experiment
drwxr-xr-x 2 21361 users 4096 Feb 13 00:57 Work
drwxr-xr-x 6 21361 users 4096 Jan 2 06:50 linux-1.3.52
> ftp.dialnet.net:/pub/linux/aic7xxx/ftp.ims.com/...
-rw------- 1 ftp ftp 54 Jun 15 1995 .message
-r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 365 Nov 11 20:16 AIC7xxx-1.2.10-patch-Jun14.README
-r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 87317 Nov 11 20:10 AIC7xxx-1.2.10-patch-Jun14.gz
-r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 485 Jan 23 17:23 AIC7xxx-1.2.10-patch-Nov12.README
-r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 95059 Jan 23 17:19 AIC7xxx-1.2.10-patch-Nov12.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 495414 Feb 11 03:37 AIC7xxx-Feb10.tar.gz
dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 1024 Feb 11 21:22 Experiment
dr-xr-xr-x 6 ftp ftp 1024 Jan 2 06:50 linux-1.3.52
(except for AIC7xxx-Feb10.tar.gz, but that's an ELF boot image , not a.out,
with a patch for Linux 1.3.61 which looks like v 2.2)
>
> What was the last Linux kernel that worked for you?
1.3.64 - 66 use:
* $Id: aic7xxx.c,v 2.22 1996/02/10 09:22:50 deang Exp deang $
(don't have 1.3.63 at hand, but I think the change came in at 1.3.64)
1.3.49 - 62 (and likely 63) use:
* $Id: aic7xxx.c,v 2.15 1995/12/17 19:43:20 deang Exp $
1.3.31 - 48 use:
* $Id: aic7xxx.c,v 2.10 1995/11/10 10:49:14 deang Exp $
prior to that it was aic7xxx.c,v 2.1aic7xxx.c,v 2.0 for the early 1.3.x
(but I don't have all the source trees for those)
I know I didn't have any problems before 1.3.64. It only arises with
1.3.65 and 1.3.66 (v 2.22).
Where is the newer 2.22 code in full rather than just patches? - i.e. from
you rather than from the Linux tree. If something has happened along the
way with patches into the Linux tree, it would be nice to obtain a full
aic7xx tree from you directly.
Thanks,
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