> > They usually are well supported. I'm wondering what changed in that > driver between the 2.2.x and 2.4.0-test series (then again, what hasn't > changed...there were quite a few drivers that were practically rewritten).
Ugghh....I'll try to stuff an adaptec into a UP1x00 on Monday and boot a 2.4 and see what happens. Which adaptec are you using (2940, 2940U2W etc...)? This was test-11-pre5 ? > > The 2.4 series have been nothing but painful on my system. The main 3 > > reasons I want to get them working is: > > 1. Sound Blaster Live! support Well, you could use ALSA (www.alsa-project.org). > > 2. DRI, and agpgart support for my Matrox g400 I think the latest 2.2.x series has had much of this back ported. > > 3. USB *stable* support Again, I know that RH are shipping USB with 7.0, not sure if that was their backport or if it's in the latest 2.2.x > I can understand this. I know that API has tested USB support > successfully under 2.4.0-test kernels, but I'm not sure if they were using > the Adaptec driver or if they had installed another SCSI adapter and used > that instead. I'll ask... Neither :) I was using IDE at the time. Had a USB mouse working under X, it was a good feeling. --rdp -- Rich Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.alphalinux.org
