Re: problem with aha2940 and dist 1.1
Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> The AIC-7xxx driver changes seem to break some 2940s. These changes were
> put in place to enable AIC-7850 and other new chips. I think we have to
> wait for a driver update, and for now the best solution is for you to
> replace the kernel on the boot floppy with one you know to work for your
> devices. If the driver problem persists, we'll have to issue an alternate
> boot floppy.
this is a aic7870 chip
it does not work neither with slakware nor with debian 1.1
but note that it works perfectly with freebsd
I am a little disappointed
may be I am still missing something about the boot parameters
who knows ??
regards
christophe
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