Michael wrote: > > > Hi, I am a RAID newbie and we just got an Adaptec AAA-131 card in the > > office alongwith seven disks. I read http://linas.org/ and couldn't > > seem to locate support for Adaptec hardware (the card has a 7880 > > chipset on it). Is there a driver in development (status ?) > > > > I am using RH 5.1. Would it be really stupid if I used software-raid > > (to learn about RAID) till I get an ICP-Vortex or some other card > > > > 7880 is part of standard kernel > > Adaptec AIC7xxx chipset SCSI controller support > CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX > This is support for the various aic7xxx based Adaptec SCSI > controllers. These include the 274x EISA cards, 284x VLB cards, 294x > PCI cards, 394x PCI cards, 3985 PCI card, and several versions of > the Adaptec built-in SCSI controllers on various PC motherboards. > Information on the configuration options for this controller can be > found by checking the help file for each of the available > configuration options. > > It is reportedly broken in the 20.35 kernel but works fine in 2.0.33 > don't know about 2.0.34 > Michael > [EMAIL PROTECTED] FYI not to be picky, but i heard that the aic7xxx driver is broken also in 2.0.34 and 2.0.35, but that must only be a rumor. i have a few different boxes using adaptec 2940UW and 3940UWs.. They work fine. -jeremy -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ummm, well, OK. The network's the network, the computer's the computer. Sorry for the confusion. -- Sun Microsystems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kittynet.wsc.edu/~jbrand/PGP-KEY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Michael wrote: > > > Hi, I am a RAID newbie and we just got an Adaptec AAA-131 card in the > > office alongwith seven disks. I read http://linas.org/ and couldn't > > seem to locate support for Adaptec hardware (the card has a 7880 > > chipset on it). Is there a driver in development (status ?) > > > > I am using RH 5.1. Would it be really stupid if I used software-raid > > (to learn about RAID) till I get an ICP-Vortex or some other card > > > > 7880 is part of standard kernel > > Adaptec AIC7xxx chipset SCSI controller support > CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX > This is support for the various aic7xxx based Adaptec SCSI > controllers. These include the 274x EISA cards, 284x VLB cards, 294x > PCI cards, 394x PCI cards, 3985 PCI card, and several versions of > the Adaptec built-in SCSI controllers on various PC motherboards. > Information on the configuration options for this controller can be > found by checking the help file for each of the available > configuration options. > > It is reportedly broken in the 20.35 kernel but works fine in 2.0.33 > don't know about 2.0.34 > Michael > [EMAIL PROTECTED] FYI not to be picky, but i heard that the aic7xxx driver is broken also in 2.0.34 and 2.0.35, but that must only be a rumor. i have a few different boxes using adaptec 2940UW and 3940UWs.. They work fine. -jeremy -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ummm, well, OK. The network's the network, the computer's the computer. Sorry for the confusion. -- Sun Microsystems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kittynet.wsc.edu/~jbrand/PGP-KEY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
