On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 11:14 -0400, neidorff wrote:
> On 6/4/05, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 10:27:20AM -0400, neidorff wrote:
> > > I've been using a Buslogic SCSI controller for years. It is now
> > > starting to flake out (random SCSI errors) and I have gotten an
> > > Adaptec AHA2940U2B/18M to replace it. The adaptec chip says
> > > AIC-7890AB on it. I'm using FC3 fully patched up. Which kernel
> > > module should I be loading to support this controller?
> >
> > aic7xxx should do it.
> >
>
> Thanks. I know I should have put this in with my original
> question....but.... where do I put the aic7xxx line? The closest
> thing that I found in /etc was in modeprobe.conf which now looks like
> this:
That's "modprobe.conf", not "modeprobe.conf"...
> alias eth0 3c59x
> alias eth1 tulip
> alias scsi_hostadapter BusLogic
> alias snd-card-0 snd-cmipci
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> install snd-cmipci /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-cmipci &&
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove snd-cmipci { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-cmipci
> alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
>
> Do I change BusLogic in the "alias scsi_hostadapter" line to
> "Adaptec"? Does that trigger picking up the right module? Or do I
> change it to "aic7xxx"?
That would be "aic7xxx". But you could first try out this module to make
sure it's the right one, by just running "/sbin/modprobe aic7xxx" (as
root of course). This should cause appropriate messages
in /var/log/messages to appear regarding the detection of your card and
some of the devices attached to it, and possibly also device entries
in /dev.
Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
