I can confirm this problem. 2.1.109 and before was OK but can't boot
2.1.110 because the hard disk is controlled by a NCR53c810, a nothing
is detected at boot time.
I can try any patches anyone wants to send.
My kernel messages are very similar to Richard's.
Regards,
Eloy.-
Richard Gooch <rgooch@workaholix.atnf.CSIRO.AU> wrote:
> Hi, all. I just tried 2.1.110 on a machine with the NCR 53c810 SCSI
> card, and I get the following messages:
>
> ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 16, function 0
> ncr53c8xx: 53c810 detected
> ncr53c810-0: rev=0x02, base=0xe4000000, io_port=0x6500, irq=9
> ncr53c810-0: can't map memory mapped IO region
> ncr53c810-0: detaching
>
> and since the root FS is accessed through this controller, the machine
> is rooted :-( :-(
>
> On the other hand, with 2.1.104, I get the following:
>
> ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 16, function 0
> ncr53c8xx: 53c810 detected
> ncr53c810-0: rev=0x02, base=0xe4000000, io_port=0x6500, irq=9
> ncr53c810-0: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity Checking
> ncr53c810-0: restart (scsi reset).
> scsi0 : ncr53c8xx - revision 2.5f
> scsi : 1 host.
>
> which is definately preferred! Note that 2.1.110 has revision 3.0g of
> the NCR driver.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard....
>
--Eloy A. Paris Information Technology Department Rockwell Automation Venezuela Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9431645
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