[plug] SCSI Install Problem adaptec ava1515

John Summerfield summer at os2.ami.com.au
Fri Nov 12 11:09:19 WST 1999


> Garth Atkinson wrote:
> 
> > Hi Mark
> >
> > I was using a bog standard Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 distribution. I used
> > insmod to load the module thus:
> >
> > insmod aha152x aha152x=0x140,11
> >
> > Garth
> >
> 
> Yep calling the module after booting does detect the card on the default addr
> ess
> 0x340 and gives a little more information than just device not found.
> However complains of wrong IRQ at 11. Hey I guess thats progress.
> Thanks for the tip.
> 
> hmmm.. now to figure out them IRQ thingys!
Try not telling it.

I've looked at the code for some of the NIC drivers; the find the IRQ by 
issuing some harmless command to the hardware and attributing the next 
interrupt to the card.

My guess is the SCSI driver will do something similar (a reset seems 
sensible).

> 

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