Re: problem with scsi driver build after 2.0.31pre9..?
Adam D. Bradley (artdodge@cs.bu.edu)
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:52:01 -0400 (EDT)
> > I just applied the 2.0.31pe9 patch to a clean (just pluck'd from
> > sunsite) copy of the 2.0.30 kernel in an attempt to see if some of the
> > SMP fixes would help some hangs I have been experiencing.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I didn't get as far as testing the new kernel out.
> > Instead, this patch seems to have changed some aspect of the aic7xxx
> > driver (I have an 2940 SCSI card and occasionally try several others).
> > The config file follows farther on.
> >
> > The change seem to be in the auto generated .h file and looks to be sn
> > rcsid inserted in the middle of #define... any ideas..?
>
> > aic7xxx_seq.h:485: parse error before `0xff'
>
> Retry the patch or re-download the files. You've got something bogus here,
> the aic7xxx_seq.h isn't even 485 lines long.
There was a change in how the aic7xxx sequencer code is generated,
which casuses mis-patches when you don't "mrproper" (will "clean"
suffice) your source tree. Look at the file; it should be fairly
evident which half to lob out ;-)
Adam
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