Re: Adaptec 2940 ultra2

[Drew Roedersheimer <roedersh@frontiernet.net>]

On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 03:00:17 +0200, David Ulrich wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It is possible to boot from a HD on a SCSI Adaptec 2940 with debian 
> 2.4.18? I search the driver in the kernel source but I found nothing.
> 
> Thx
> 
> David
> 
> 
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I would wager that it is certainly possible - I've been using a 
2940U2W since 2.2.12 (I believe) - granted, this is in an x86
machine.  You'll want the aic7xxx driver - CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX.

Here's a snip from my dmesg output:

SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
        <Adaptec 2940 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
        aic7890/91: Ultra2 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs

scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
        <Adaptec 2930CU SCSI adapter>
        aic7860: Ultra Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/253 SCBs

  Vendor: WDIGTL    Model: WD91 ULTRA2       Rev: 1.00
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: PLEXTOR   Model: CD-ROM PX-40TW    Rev: 1.00
  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: YAMAHA    Model: CRW4416S          Rev: 1.0h
  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
scsi0:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled.  Depth 8
  Vendor: HP        Model: C6270A            Rev: 3828
  Type:   Processor                          ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: iomega    Model: jaz 2GB           Rev: E.15
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02


HTH
-Drew