AIC7xxxx vs. 2.0.3[67]

Ian D Romanick (idr@cs.pdx.edu)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:28:10 -0800 (PST)


After reading a bunch of the posts about people having problems with the
AIC7xxx driver in the latest 2.0 kernels, I decided to upgrade from 2.0.32
and see for myself. For the most part, the system works ok, but I can
easilly make it lock up hard.

My test is to simply copy a large file from one drive to another. It will
copy for about two seconds, then lock.

I moved the 2.0.32 driver forward to 2.0.37-pre9 and everything works fine.
I can do severy copies at a time and not have a lock.

My system is a dual P5-133 with an Adaptec 3940. Add drivers are on
controller 0.

-- 
"You must understand...that there are two ways of fighting: by
 law or by force.  The first way is natural to man, and the 
 second to beasts.  But as the first way often proves inadequate
 one must have recourse in the second."  -- Machiavelli, The Prince

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