[Linux-scsi] HELP : ADAPTEC 2940 UW Pro an ongoing saga

[Chris Beggy]

Jeff Hill wrote:
> 
> Well, I can't offer any direct help but I can empathize. It took me four
> months to get a 2940U2W working with aic7xxx. I spent 140 hours working
> on it, begging Doug Ledford (the aic7xxx maintainer) for assistance. He
> had offered (on the list) to help those with problems similar to mine,
> which gave me encouragement, and then he never responded to my queries
> (pure torture). I offered to pay him and received no response. While I
> didn't end up crying, I did beat my head against the wall and cursed
> profusely.
> 

Hey!  If this were a Microsoft driver, the identity of the 
author would be unknown to you.  How about assigning
some responsibility to Adaptec?  What have they disclosed to
Doug and other developers?  What about interactions with
the PCI chipset and the interrupt handler?

I can sympathize with you, because I burned time with this
board (2940U2W) and Doug's driver, too.  I finally got it to work
by pulling all IDE components from the chassis and IDE support from the
kernel.  I admit, it's a rotten solution.  This is Linux/BSD, so at least
I shared the experience with this list and perhaps saved someone
else the same trouble.  I am sorry it wasn't you, but please don't
take it out on Doug Ledford.

Chris


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