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On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, Corey Brenner wrote:
> I'm back off spring break now and back at work slamming my head into > a brick wall trying to figure out my problems with Adaptec's 2940UW > PCI controller. > > My specs: > > AHA2940UW rev. B, BIOS rev. 1.21, chipset AIC-7881U rev. 0 > Adapter ID: 7, channel 0 > Linux 1.3.84, aic7xxx driver version 2.24 > > The problems I'm encountering: > > After any attempt to access the DEC DSP5300 disk at id 0, > the system will hang solid with the IDE driver giving messages > about interrupt requests { DriveReady SeekComplete }. After > lockup, the IDE hard disk LED is on constantly, so it seems > that there is some interference between the SCSI bus and the > IDE driver... The system is apparently not processing interrupts, > either, because CTRL-ALT-SCRLK doesn't give me a register > dump. > > The solution: > > I don't know, but I'm gonna give FreeBSD a whirl on this machine > to see if the support is any better. If so, I may look into > merging the code bases of the two drivers to try to fix the problem. > > -- > Corey D. Brenner -- (brenner@umr.edu,brenner@cs.umr.edu) > ======================================================================== > #include <std_disclaimer.h> | Right-wing, Libertarian, Redneck, > | Fascist, Racist, Bigoted, Homophobic, > This .signature is in | Sexist, Neo-Nazi, Militia-member, > >>>FEEL-AROUND<<< | [insert "conservative" synonym here], > | wacko at large. ;) > ======================================================================== > "I yam Popeye of Borg. You will be askimilgrated." >