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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Adaptec I2O RAID driver (kernel 2.4.7)
To: Deanna_Bonds@adaptec.com (Bonds, Deanna)
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 21:12:03 +0100 (BST)
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> When I coded that, I took a snapshot of the i2o routines at 2.2.18 (I
> think).  I still have requirement to support customers running 2.2.12 with

Ok those will break in two cases - failed table reads and timeouts on post
waits that then complete later. Its probably ok since you know those wont
fail on your card

> support the older kernels.  I could not find a nice way of doing something
> similar in those kernels (2.2.12 again).  

2.2.12 has known and fixed security holes so nobody should be using it 8)
 
I'll read over this version tomorrow morning