ncr53c875 driver

sage (sage@newdream.net)
Thu, 05 Feb 1998 02:11:55 -0800


Hey,

I'm having trouble getting any kernel I build to recognize my
ncr53c875-based SCSI card. I'm trying to build a 2.0.33 kernel,
although I tried 2.0.32 as well without any luck. With .33 it finds my
adaptec 2940 just fine but misses the ncr completely. With .32 it still
found the 2940 but gave me a bunch of scsi bus reset timeout-type
errors.

Booting with the standard debian 2.0.29 kernel found the card without
any problems.

Is there anything tricky about building a kernel with the ncr53c7,8xx
driver? Is there something simple I'm missing? (I tried various
combinations of the options menuconfig gave me with .33 with the same
results... always negotiate synchronous transfers, allow FAST-SCSI, and
allow disconnect.)

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! thanks in advance--
sage