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Re: Trying to install 3.1r5 on Amiga 4000T



On do, 2007-03-08 at 19:03 +0100, Daniele Gratteri wrote:
> Kars de Jong ha scritto:
> > Yes, this is caused by a bug in the 53c7x0 driver. You may want to try a
> > different kernel.
> >
> > I doubt this will get fixed in a 2.4 kernel, but it may get fixed in a
> > 2.6 kernel (once my patches to use the 53c700 driver are in).
> >   
> What does this bug exactly do? I mean, is it completely impossible to 
> use a 53C710 SCSI controller or it fails only with certain peripherals? 

The former, it has nothing to do with the peripherals. The controller is
unusable with these kernels.

> On my SCSI chain, on the A4000T, there are  only an IBM hard disk drive 
> and a TEAC CD-ROM unit. Should I try to replace them with IDE peripherals?

I don't know... that depends on if you want to wait for the bug to be
fixed. You could also try to use an older kernel.


Kind regards,

Kars.




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