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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 14:09:18 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
To: Mark Wong <markw@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: 2.5.63-mm2
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Mark Wong <markw@osdl.org> wrote:
>
> It appears something is conflicting with the old Adapatec AIC7xxx.  My
> system halts when it attempts to probe the devices (I think it's that.) 
> So I started using the new AIC7xxx driver and all is well.  I don't see
> any messages to the console that points to any causes.  Is there
> someplace I can look for a clue to the problem?
> 
> I actually didn't realize I was using the old driver and have no qualms
> about not using it, but if it'll help someone else, I can help gather
> information.

There are "fixes" in that driver in Linus's tree.  I suggest you revert to
the 2.5.63 version of aic7xxx_old.c, see if that fixes it.