Problem w/ Linux 2.4.2 & Justin's SCSI patch

[Justin T. Gibbs]

>Applying it took some effort, probably because I don't often patch source
>trees. I simply did a 'patch < patchfile' which got me into trouble (btw,
>there were rejects on the Makefile in the scsi/pcmcia section, but since I
>don't use PCMCIA here I ignored it.

cd /usr/src/my_linux_kernel_dir && gzcat patchfile | patch -p1

>Anyways, the problem. Since my machine is 100% SCSI I compiled the aic7xxx
>driver into the kernel. I rebooted with the new kernel in place and imagine
>my surprise when I got a kernel panic because no root filesystem was
>mounted...

It sounds like the driver was never compiled into the system or the driver
does not have a PCI id for your device.  What kind of controller are
you trying to drive?

--
Justin


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