Re: fireport 40 not supported (fwd)
kwrohrer@enteract.com
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 23:29:14 -0500 (CDT)
And lo, Herbert Xu saith unto me:
> The following complaint was filed against linux 2.0.30. Please cc to
> 13705-forwarded@bugs.debian.org, mykes@sportsextra.com
> when replying. Thanks.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Mike Schwartz -----
>
> From: Mike Schwartz <mykes@sportsextra.com>
> Reply-To: "mykes@sportsextra.com" <mykes@sportsextra.com>
> To: "'submit@bugs.debian.org'" <submit@bugs.debian.org>
> Subject: fireport 40 not supported
> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 16:31:18 -0700
> Organization: Internet Extra Corporation
>
> I could not install 1.3.1 because it did not see my fireport 40
> SCSI controller. Please e-mail me when this card is supported
> so I can install the OS.
This problem was fixed some time ago. Updates to the 53c8xx driver
at ftp://linux.wauug.org/pub/roudier/ (which includes red hat and
slackware boot disks) detect the Fireport 40 as a 53c875-based
controller despite Diamond's odd choice of PCI ID; AFAIK this was
the only change required to use the Fireport 40 properly, but there
are other fixes and additions in the later driver versions.
Keith