RE: kernel and SmartRaidV controller SOLVED

[Alexis Roda <arv@si.urv.es>]

Alexis Roda wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> this morning I have upgraded a computer from slink to potato, the
> process went very smooth and all seems to be fine. My problem is when I
> try to get the kernel (2.2.17) to detect the SmartRaidV controller. I've
> downdoaded some patches from adaptec's web site and followed the
> instructions but either they not apply cleanly, or make-kpkg dies or the
> computer gets unusable (load average over 6 and SCSI bus hanging).

I answer myself, I hope this can help someone in the future.
download the patch from
ftp://ftp.dpt.com/pub/techsup/SRV/software/drivers/linux/dpt1.14-2.2.16.tar
and compile the kernel with gcc272. It seems that gcc 2.95 over
optimizes the kernel.

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