Re: status of HPT374 support in 2.4.20 and 2.5.50

Jorg de Jong
2002-12-07T22:19:12Z

Andrew Morton wrote:
> jorg de jong wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I just bought a Highpoint Rocketraid 404 controler. To my suppirce I
>>found that
>>the kernel I was using does not like it one bit. The kernel entered a
>>kernel panic/BUG
>>in file hpt666.c:1031. The kernel was a Redhat stock kernel
>>2.4.18-18.8.0smp.
>>
>>Not afraid to build my own kernel I tried:
>>- 2.4.20; which also stoped with a kernel panic.
>>- 2.4.20-ac1; this kernel boots just fine. It even sees the controller
>>but does not detect
>>the drive.
>>- 2.5.46; sees the controler but no drive
>>- 2.5.50; sees the controler but no drive
>>
>
>
> This patch (against 2.4.20) is the one I use when I need to
> use the hpt374 in 2.4 kernels.
>
>
>
Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your reply. I tried the patch but it gives a kernel panic
at file hpt366.c:1344 :-(.

Jorg.