From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Overmeer Subject: Re: Adaptec 2810SA problems Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:23:28 +0200 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040626132327.B31119@speeltuin.ATComputing.nl> References: <547AF3BD0F3F0B4CBDC379BAC7E4189FF1D40D@otce2k03.adaptec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from speeltuin.ATComputing.nl ([195.108.229.26]:11024 "EHLO speeltuin.ATComputing.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266256AbUFZLae (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jun 2004 07:30:34 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <547AF3BD0F3F0B4CBDC379BAC7E4189FF1D40D@otce2k03.adaptec.com>; from mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com on Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 08:59:06AM -0400 List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Salyzyn, Mark" Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org * Salyzyn, Mark (mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com) [040625 14:52]: > Your best bet to hone in on the problem is to contact Adaptec Technical > support, make sure you have your products TSID handy. I will try that, (but usually as last resort) > The appears dead message is a result of a failure in the adapter > identified by performing a sequence of health checks. Finer resolution > of this failure mode is available in the Adaptec release for this > driver. Is there a 2.6.7 driver of Adaptec itself? I thought they only had their own 2.4.* versions... > The card's firmware can be updated by using the native Linux cli tool > supplied with the card. It's not in the description of the driver software. That always worries me a little.... The docs are rather unsatisfactory... -- Thanks for the answer, MarkOv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drs Mark A.C.J. Overmeer MARKOV Solutions Mark@Overmeer.net solutions@overmeer.net http://Mark.Overmeer.net http://solutions.overmeer.net