7895 and 2.0.35 aic7xxx

[Erik Elmgren]

Quoting Ashley Drees (ash at trellick.gn.apc.org):
> I am a new user to this list as I am having problems with and ASUS/P2 with   
> AIC 7890 embedded controller. I have redhat 5.1 and kernel 2.0.35.
> 
> In reading the docs for the kernel, I see that the 7895 is supported but  
> the 7890 is not mentioned. I guess that means that with this version of   
> the kernel I will not be able to use the onboard controller.
> 
> I have got a running system by adding a BusLogic card to access the
> devices, but need to free up the buslogic card as soon as I can.
> 
> Has anyone any news or views?       

There is a beta(?) that supports the aic7890, get it from:

ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/testing/

Some persons, myself included, have problems cold-booting linux
with it. We have to boot win nt first <shudder>, ant then warm-boot
linux.

Regards, Erik

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