Status of linux aic7xxx driver

[Doug Ledford]

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> 
> > Could someone tell me the status of the aic7xxx driver for linux?  From
> > what I have heard, it is being rewritten for kernel 2.0.31.  
> 
> For the most part, it is already in the -pre-7(and greater) patches to
> 2.0.30.  These are pre-release 2.0.31 patches, and can be found at
> ftp.kernel.org in pub/linux/testing/... I believe.
> 
> I have a few things to change, including adding in Doug Ledfords fix
> for the 274xT adapters (has anyone verified this change yet?).  I
> expect to be doing this within the next week or so.

Linus put two patches of mine into the 2.0.31-pre-10-2 kernel.  The first 
went through and fixed all of the off by one instances with the NUMBER() 
macro.  It also fixed the problem with non-existent devices showing up in 
the proc stats.  It also included a fixed aic7xxx_proc.c file which gets rid 
of the overruns in the aic7xxx_buffer, which was a showstopper in and of 
itself really.  The second was the 2742T fix.  I verified that fix on a 
2742T with the A channel active and with the A & B channels active and a 
2940UW.  Since then, I've also verified it on a 2842 and an aic7880P 
motherboard chipset.

In case you want to see the exact source of the two patches, I've put them 
on my ftp server in /pub/linux/aic7xxx/dan so you can grab them.

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