Re: SCSI in 1.6 ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pumford" <[email protected]>
To: "Chris Gilbert" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Jan-Uwe Finck" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: SCSI in 1.6 ?


>
> > > There's a patch in GNATS for the Connect32, which is tested and brings
> > > the card to a stable polling mode, while the Cumana-II is still
> > > deactivated, although it runs quite well in polling mode.
> > > Yes, the kernel config file says, it doesn't work, but as I type I
> > > copy the whole /usr onto a fresh formatted and mounted SCSI disc.
> >
> > grr, gnats sucks, I'm not sure who's the port-arm32-maintainer but I
suspect
> > it might be just mark, so that it had been updated got missed.
> >
> Its a possibility but AFAIK it should have gone to port-acorn32-maintainer
> when they were transferred. Perhaps that hasn't happened as it should.

Nope it was still down as port-arm32-maintainer, I've updated it now.

> I did let Reinoud know when I submitted the patches but IIRC he was
swamped at
> the time.

Fair enough.

> > > Thus the Cumana-II driver should be simply activated, and the patch
> > > from #13350 should be included, so people can try to install and use
> > > their SCSI devices.
> >
> > is the patch still valid against -current?  (I've not tried to fight
gnats
> > to extract the patch yet)
> I can e-mail you a tar ball if you want. I can also check it against
current
> if you want.
>
> > I hate to say it but the changes may make it into -current, but it's too
> > late to get pulled into 1.6, would probably make it into 1.6.1 though
> >
> The Cumana one ought to be possible for 1.6 since it closes a PR and all
that
> is actually required is a one line change to the kernel configuration file
so
> that it actually gets compiled into the kernel. Or is it too late for
event
> tiny changes like that?

That might make it, but it's pushing it now.  Depends if reinoud's (or
someone with the card) has the time to test it.

Chris