[parisc-linux] sym53c8xx.c

[parisc-linux] sym53c8xx.c

[Matthew Wilcox]

The sym53c8xx driver is near to being removed from 2.6.  Can anyone think
of a situation where we might still want it?  I'm concerned that maybe
some of the fixes didn't go into the sym53c8xx_2 driver.  In particular,
I'd like to know that the sym53c8xx_2 driver in 2.5 works on C3k (wide &
narrow!) and A500.

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Re: [parisc-linux] sym53c8xx.c

[James Bottomley]

On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 16:58, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 
> The sym53c8xx driver is near to being removed from 2.6.  Can anyone think
> of a situation where we might still want it?  I'm concerned that maybe
> some of the fixes didn't go into the sym53c8xx_2 driver.  In particular,
> I'd like to know that the sym53c8xx_2 driver in 2.5 works on C3k (wide &
> narrow!) and A500.

Just to clarify the plans:

NCR53C8XX and SYM53C8XX will be removed as CONFIG_ options.  ncr53c8xx.c
will continue to exist for Zalon (and has already been revamped for the
new error handling).  the SYM_2 will become the only selectable self
compiling driver.

James

Re: [parisc-linux] sym53c8xx.c

[Randolph Chung]

> The sym53c8xx driver is near to being removed from 2.6.  Can anyone think
> of a situation where we might still want it?  I'm concerned that maybe
> some of the fixes didn't go into the sym53c8xx_2 driver.  In particular,
> I'd like to know that the sym53c8xx_2 driver in 2.5 works on C3k (wide &
> narrow!) and A500.

it definitely works on a500 with 2.5, and on c3k (narrow & wide) with 
2.4. I am still not able to boot up my c3k with 2.5 because of the 
suckyio serial console problems :(

randolph
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Randolph Chung
Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports
http://www.tausq.org/

Re: [parisc-linux] sym53c8xx.c

[Thibaut VARÈNE]

Le mercredi, 14 mai 2003, =E0 23:58 Europe/Paris, Matthew Wilcox a =E9crit=
 :

>
> The sym53c8xx driver is near to being removed from 2.6.  Can anyone=20
> think
> of a situation where we might still want it?  I'm concerned that maybe
> some of the fixes didn't go into the sym53c8xx_2 driver.  In=20
> particular,
> I'd like to know that the sym53c8xx_2 driver in 2.5 works on C3k (wide=20=

> &
> narrow!) and A500.
We've been using SYM2 on our A500 SMP for quite a large amount of time=20=

now,
not experiencing anymore race problem.
I recall some troubles on B2600 (bame experienced those as well, the box
just went very lazzy; and you could heard the HD twinkling twice a=20
second)
but we had no chance to test SYM2 on that box lately...
Maybe we can give it a shot on our J5k which is currently running SYM1
(SMP kernel as well).

HTH,


Thibaut VARENE
The PA/Linux ESIEE Team
http://pateam.esiee.fr/=