Re: Adaptec/DPT I2O Option Omitted From Linux 2.6.0 Kernel ConfigurationTool

[Samuel Flory]

Go Taniguchi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just FYI.
>
> This is my patch.
> http://pkgcvs.turbolinux.co.jp/~go/patch-2.6/dpt_i2o.patch
>
> Worked fine for me on quad xeon with 4G mem and 64bit PCI.
> It include.
> - Support 2.6 kernel and DMA-mapping
> - ioctl fix for raid tools
> - use schedule_timeout in long long loop
> - not support 64bit CPU yet.
>
> However, It may differ from the Adaptec policy (linux-scsi ML).

  Different aproaches but both seem to hit the same areas in the code.

> Samuel Flory wrote:
>
> > Samuel Flory wrote:
> >
> > >   You might want to hold off on doing a lot of work for a bit.  I 
> > > think there was a beta driver that was being passed around.
> >
> >   FYI I've found a beta release of the dpt-i2o driver that someone 
> > sent me.  I'll see if I can figure out what the current status of it.


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Sam Flory  <sflory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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