is there going to be aic7xxx driver update

is there going to be aic7xxx driver update

[Bhanu, Yogesh]

Hi ,
     It is continuation to my last post regarding aic7xxx driver flaking load.
I really think this is a driver issue as I have switched several 39160 cards
all showing same result . 
I have seen adaptec has released newer drivers . But unfortunately the dont go
well with the latest 2.6 kernels has  anybody found a fix to the probelem .

I have tried 2.6.11.8, 2.6.11.10, 2.6.12, 2.6.12.2 kernel all return error
when I try to compile the adaptec driver .

This is the error message I get when I compile with 2.6.12.2 kernel. I have
replaced the original aic sources with the adaptec source.
There was a post from Martin Mokrejs last week that he had successfuly compiled the adaptec driver on 2.4.31. 

################
  CC [M]  drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_core.o
In file included from drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aiclib.h:89,
                 from drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.h:79,
                 from drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_core.c:44:
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h:112: error: `SCSI_DATA_READ' undeclared here (not in a function)
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h:112: error: enumerator value for `CAM_DIR_IN' not integer constant
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h:113: error: `SCSI_DATA_WRITE' undeclared here (not in a function)
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h:113: error: enumerator value for `CAM_DIR_OUT' not integer constant
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h:115: error: `SCSI_DATA_NONE' undeclared here (not in a function)
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h:115: error: enumerator value for `CAM_DIR_NONE' not integer constant
make[3]: *** [drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_core.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [drivers/scsi/aic7xxx] Error 2
make[1]: *** [drivers/scsi] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2
############


Thanks
yogesh

Re: is there going to be aic7xxx driver update

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 03:29:49PM +0200, Bhanu, Yogesh wrote:
> Hi ,
>      It is continuation to my last post regarding aic7xxx driver flaking load.
> I really think this is a driver issue as I have switched several 39160 cards
> all showing same result . 
> I have seen adaptec has released newer drivers . But unfortunately the dont go
> well with the latest 2.6 kernels has  anybody found a fix to the probelem .

The adaptec drivers are a total mess and contain various regression vs whats
in mainline.  I'd suggest you report the problems you have with the latest
mainline driver to this list in detail so it can be fixed.

Re: is there going to be aic7xxx driver update

[Yogesh Bhanu]

Hi Christoph ,
                 Martin and I have already reported our issues with adaptec 
driver . His issue was with 2.4 series kernel which he fixed by using adaptec 
driver . I have issues with 2.6 kernel . Temporarily I have switched to using
LSI Controller and it seems to help . As it is my production server I cannot 
test with every kernel patch that is coming out .



here is the link to my mail which was forwarded by Andrew Morton
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=111748746813088&w=2

I had posted my another attempt but unfortunately I cannot find the mail in 
digests .

and here is the link to Martin Mokrejs's email .
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=111937786531131&w=2


hth
yogesh

Re: is there going to be aic7xxx driver update

[Andrea Carpani]

Il giorno gio, 07-07-2005 alle 13:53 +0100, Christoph Hellwig ha
scritto:

> The adaptec drivers are a total mess and contain various regression vs whats
> in mainline.  I'd suggest you report the problems you have with the latest
> mainline driver to this list in detail so it can be fixed.

It looks like mainline driver version is still 1.3.11 which is the same
version that didn't work for me in 2.6.8.1
Maybe version number hasn't been updated, though.
I'll give mainline driver a try with the latest 2.6.12.2

-- 
Andrea Carpani <andrea.carpani@criticalpath.net>