Subject: Re: Brand new AHA2940
To: Sebastien Monassa <fcu@worldnet.fr>
From: Amir Rosenblatt <amir@garpac.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/01/1996 19:57:09
On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Sebastien Monassa wrote:
> I just bought an Adaptec 2940 (no U or W). The kernel doesn't
> recognize it:
>
> > pci 0 bus 0 device 19 unknown vendor/product 0x9004/0x8178
> > (class: mass storage, subclass: SCSI, revision 0x00) not configured
>
> It seems like a new revision of the SCSI chip is in. How can I
> overcome the problem? Can I cheat making kernel to believe it's a normal
> 2940. Wiil it work ?
Hmm...I popped a brand new 2940W into my pc and it had no problem with
it. Now if I just hadn my damnd hard drives (due to arrive tommrow,
FINALLY) I could give a more solid answer.
-Amir