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From: Bob Sanders <rmsand@concentric.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Adaptec AIC7xxx kernel problems?
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:14:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050901181438.014e1d15@chi.speakeasy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0508312203530.5094@gandalf>

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:13:43 -0400 (EDT)
"Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I'm wondering if it's just me or is anyone else having problems.  I am 
> running 2.6.11-r6 with no problems on a system with an Adaptec 39160 card. 
> I tried to go to 2.6.12-r6 and r9 but kept getting kernel panics on boot. 
> I have another system I'm installing Gentoo on that has an Adaptec 2940uw 
> on and since I was using 2005.0 it had 2.6.12 on it and would not boot.  I 
> found that on both systems if I build the aic7xxx as a module I can get 
> further in the boot process.  I also tried 2005.1 but that is a disaster 
> on both systems.  I tell it to noload=aic7xxx and it loads it anyway which 
> results in system not running.
> 

I run a couple of 32-bit systems at work with onboard Adaptec  79xx controllers.
Both had earlier 2.6.11 and 2.6.12 kernels and both now have 2.6.12-r9 kernels.
No problems on either.  One runs a 4 disk software raid 5 setup (local Gentoo mirror).

Both boot off the SCSI controller.

fwiw- I never use "make oldconfig"  Somewhere in the 2.6.x series I discovered that if
I mount /boot, then run "make config", it would pick up my running config.  Perhaps it
was the System.map setting in /boot.

Regardless, I just do - 
	make menuconfig
	make
	make modules_install
	make install
	vim /boot/grub/grub.conf

> Is it just me <G>.
>

Sounds like something else in your config isn't set up properly. 

Bob 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-09-02  1:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-01  2:13 [gentoo-user] Adaptec AIC7xxx kernel problems? Brett I. Holcomb
2005-09-01  2:34 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2005-09-01  6:05 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2005-09-02  1:14 ` Bob Sanders [this message]
2005-09-02  1:55   ` Brett I. Holcomb
2005-09-03 21:55     ` [gentoo-user] Resolved - " Brett I. Holcomb

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