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  From: Ryan Verner <xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au>
  To  : Andy Zivkovic <andy@a-z.au.com>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:42:42 +0930

Re: Linux drivers

> Anyway, my motherboard (Asus A7N8X Deluxe) has a Silicon Image 3112A
> SATA controller. kernel/linux 2.4.20 doesn't contain the driver, and
> although version 2.4.21 does (version 1.01 of the driver), it
> freezes/locks the computer when I try to use it (straight away if I
> enable DMA, and after a short time in PIO mode).

> What I'd like to do is download just that driver and compile it as a
> module and load it into my 2.4.20 kernel (I use Gentoo, with the
> gentoo-sources kernel&patches, which is currently at 2.4.20).

I'd say its very likely that even if you did manage to pull this off, the
driver itself is what's causing the lockups...

R

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