Re: AIC7XXXX bug in 2.0.34
Doug Paul (dbp@dragonsys.com)
Sat, 6 Jun 1998 00:27:07 -0400 (EDT)
> > Is it safe/advisable to simply use the aic7xxx driver from 2.0.33 since it
> > works fine? If so, is there anything special that I should be aware of
> > using a different driver than what comes with the kernel?
>
> That is intentionally true for all .33 and .34 drivers. Also check with
> Doug if he has a yet newer driver. Finally on the Adaptec front there is
> one piece of good news. Adaptec joined Linux International and will also
> be providing documentation and assistance to people working on the driver
> -finally-. Hopefully that will signifcantly improve the driver
> stability. Certainly the other vendor supported drivers are far far
> more stable than the non vendor ones like the adaptec 29xx
I used a fresh distribution of 2.0.34 with no changes. I'll take
a look at using the 2.0.33 driver on Monday. (The machines in question
are at work.)
Doug
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