Adaptec 7897

[Doug Ledford]

Tony_Melia at Dell.com wrote:
> 
> Are there any drivers for the above mentioned card?  If not, does anybody
> know if and when they are planned for? This is the chipset used on the Dell
> PERC2 RAID controller (see
> http://support.dell.com/docs/storage/obsidian/specs.htm) and I would like to
> try Linux on it.

Those aren't useable.  They are hidden behind the StrongARM processor, the
7815 parity engine, and one other Adaptec chip on that card.  The kernel level
driver has no means by which to talk directly to the 7897 chips that card
uses.

-- 
  Doug Ledford   <dledford at redhat.com>
   Opinions expressed are my own, but
      they should be everybody's.


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