AC-0.9 Testing Results (was: Re: Alpha Core ISO Images)

[Jay Estabrook]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 03:13:05PM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> 
> RH7.2-Alpha is using ncr53c8xx, IIRC. 

Well, let's just say that "anaconda" had/has its own ideas about what
driver is best to run with which card... ;-}

I know that in RH7.2-Alpha it chooses "ncr53x8xx" for the NCR895, even
though the "sym53c8xx" is a much more advanced driver for it.  I
believe it was a matter of stability, at the original release of
RH7.2-i386 time, that was the cause for that choice being programmed
in.

I didn't remember what it would choose for the NCR875, but I just
tried it and it was "sym53c8xx".

> Most likely in case AC-0.9 sym53c8xx_2 would be better then
> sym53c8xx; especially that it is supposed to work also with NCR810
> and controllers of that sort.

As it turns out, it already IS the sym53c8xx_2 driver that is
built/loaded under AC-0.9; its module is just named "sym53c8xx"
(ie without the "_2") and that is what's being reported during
the install's boot-up messages.

So, it's already using the best driver available for that card...

 --Jay++

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