David Bristel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This goes along with a bug report I filed a few months back. The > WD7000 auto-probe will cold-lock many systems with an Adaptec SCSI > controller(including 2940), but only on certain systems. I suspect > this is a BIOS/chipset bug, which I havn't heard of any firm > resolution on. This is a NASTY problem which will prevent initial > installation. There was some talk of ways to work around this, > including using RAMDISK as a way to mount the root filesystem during > install and then selecting which SCSI controller you have, rather > than doing a compiled-in approach to the install kernel image. My > own feeling is to just remove the WD7000 support from the base > kernel since I have yet to hear of ANYONE who uses such a > controller. Oh well....
I think we all agree it's better to remvoe the WD7000 driver if that will fix a large percentage of aic7xxx driver problems. The solution is simple -- Herbert (the kernel-image-2.0.36 maintainer) or in fact any developer, should upload a fixed kernel-image-2.0.36 package. Any takers? I'd do it but I have neither a slink x86 box handy (well, not one with any horsepower) nor the problematic aic7xxx SCSI card. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
