Re: SCSI AM53C974 driver missing in 2.6.0?

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 19 December 2003 16:16, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:55:27 +0100 Ralf Hildebrandt 
<Ralf.Hildebrandt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> | in 2.4.x we've been using
>> | CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974=m
>> |
>> | 2.6.0 doesn't seem to have any support for that specific SCSI
>> | controller. What now? Aternatives?
>>
>> Kurt Garloff <garloff@xxxxxxx>
>> and Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@xxxxxx>
>> have made some recent patches for this driver.
>> It was discussed on the linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list.
>
>tmscsim driver should be used in 2.6. I've posted the "final"
> version of a patch to this driver on linux-scsi. Kurt wanted to put
> it on his site for download, so, maybe it's there. Otherwise have a
> look in linux-scsi archives. It should be included in 2.6 at some
> point, possibly, 2.6.1...

Hey, how about us advansis users?  There is at least one, me...  And 
thats the only driver in the whole compile that spits out visible 
warnings about check_region() being deprecated.  But its still 
working, so far.  I presume it will until such time as check_region() 
is actually removed from wherever it lives.

>Guennadi
>
>P.S. heh, this is becomming a FAQ:-)) Looks like there are a couple
> more users of this driver / chip then I initially thought:-)
>---
>Guennadi Liakhovetski

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