System freeze: Adaptec (aac) timeouts (releng 8)

[Adrian Chadd]

On 15 September 2011 00:38, Elliot Finley <efinley.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was having the exact same problem using an Adaptec 52445.  After
> downloading and using the latest driver from the adaptec website, the
> problems stopped.  I haven't had a single freeze since using the new
> code.  The newest driver from the website has source code with it, so
> it shouldn't be that big of a deal to incorporate it into the base
> system.    I emailed the authors of the aac driver (Mike Smith and
> Scott Long), but they have both retired.  So I'm not really sure how
> to get this code into the base.  If anyone knows, please take up the
> charge.

File a PR and hound people on freebsd-current until it gets done?


Adrian