Bug#271038: initrd-tools: aic7xxx

[Ondrej Medek <xmedeko@cml.fsv.cvut.cz>]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 07:09:42PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Clint Adams wrote:
> >>I got the same problem. I'think this is a bug in 2.6.8 kernel. aic7xxx 
> >>does
> >>not work even if compiled into the kernel. aic7xxx_old works fine even in
> >>2.6.8.
> >
> >
> >I can confirm the aic7xxx problem (both compiled-in and modular) with an
> >aic7892.
> >
> >
> 
> You know that there are 2 aic7xxx drivers in 2.6.8? Maybe
> the "old" version works for you. I would suggest to check
> the online help in menuconfig.
> 

aic7xxx works fine with 2.4.x and even 2.6.7. Just in 2.6.8 it has stopped
working. If you look into the changelog of the 2.6.8 you can see that
<James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> has changed the probing of SCSI devices in
aic7xxx. I've send email to this person, but got no answer. Please, if you
know how to alert kernel developers about this bug, do it.

BTW. I use preemtive kernel. I wonder if this bug would appear in
non-preemtive kernels. I cannot try it now because now I'm very far away
from the machines with aic7892.

Ondrej