> I've managed to get 2.1.97 to fail to boot in four different ways, all
> seemingly related to the BusLogic driver. They were:
Leonard asked:
> Is your system single or multiple processor? Is the kernel compiled for
> SMP or UP?
It is a single-processor machine, with 'SMP=' commented in the Makefile.
> Would you please try the 2.0.13 driver available from my web site in your .8x
> kernel and see if it works OK? I suspect that the problem is related to all
> the other recent kernel changes, but it's hard to be certain.
Done. It works just fine with 2.1.89. The driver on the web site differs
from the 2.1.98 version, but you knew that...
> Also, firmware 5.05R is very old and has a fatal bug. I suggest you
> update to 5.06J, also available from my web site.
Done. Works fine with the older kernels, but not with 2.1.9[78].
Anyway, it kind of looks like the BusLogic driver is not the problem here.
I'm not quite sure what to do to track this down further.
sigh.
Thanks,
Jonathan Corbet
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Technology Division
corbet@atd.ucar.edu http://www.atd.ucar.edu/rdp/jmc.html
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