Re: RS6K

["Phillip R. Jaenke" <prj@nls.net>]

David Welton wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 04:06:18PM -0700, Cort Dougan wrote:
> > Try the 99-10-15 drop.  It should work better.
> 
> Starts looping when loading "SCSI SCRIPTS":
> 
> sym53c875-2: restart (scsi reset).
> 
> scsi: aborting command due to timeout: pid 68, scsi2, channel 0 id 8,
> lun 0, Read (6) 00 00 00 02 02
> 
> and stuff like that.
> 
> So, no go.
> 
> Where can I get the sources and configs used to build these kernels?
> I would like to try my hand at making something work.  In the
> kernel-sources dir, the sources appear to not match up with what is in
> -images.

FYI!!!

The sym53c875 driver appears SEVERELY broken as of 2.2.14 - it does NOT
work on a Tekram DC390F on x86 *OR* PowerPC, nor does it work on a
no-name 53c875 card I tested. This is almost certainly a kernel bug
independent of architecture, but I have NO clue what exactly.

-prj