Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10226] New: BusLogic Flashpoint SCSI Adapter not working with x86_64 kernels

James Bottomley
2008-03-12T21:35:39Z

On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 21:25 +0100, Ulrich Schweitzer wrote:
> Sorry for straying off topic, but this has to be the right crowd to ask:
> I assume that the driver won't be ported to x86_64 soon (if ever),

Not unless someone volunteers, but FlashPoint.c is huge.

> so I'll
> need a different SCSI adapter. Is the Adaptec AHA-2940 supported on x86_64
> (those are cheap on ebay)? If not, what other, preferably cheap, SE SCSI
> adapter would you recommend?

Yes, the adaptec 7xxx/79xx series work fine both on 64 bits and big
endian.

James