problem with RH7.1 installer

[Doug Ledford]

Florin Andrei wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install Linux Red Hat 7.1 on a SGI 1200 server (Intel
> 440GX motherboard with Adaptec 7xxx controllers), but the aic7xxx driver
> fails to load itself. I get a bunch of errors on the console, and the
> installer is frozen. I tried to play with the BIOS settings, i even
> tried to use some different options for the aic7xxx kernel module...
> Nothing worked.
> 
> 1. Is there anyone having an update for the aic7xxx driver for the 2.4.2
> kernel from the RH7.1 installer?
> 2. If the answer to #1 is yes, did you tried to rebuild the install
> floppies?

The bug isn't in the aic7xxx driver.  We suspect it's a bug in the BIOS PIRQ
routing table causing the PCI code to mis-route the aic7xxx interrupts.  It
won't be solved without a new kernel or a BIOS update for that motherboard. 
We are working on a possible workaround right now.  You can track it by going
to Bugzilla bug #29555 at Red Hat.

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