[ale] Adaptec AHA1480

[James Kinney]

Try a newer kernel/pcmcia-stuff combo. Also try another PC card t verify
that the slot work OK at all.

Yeah, I havn't seen a kernel panic since gnome 0.4b2!

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, KeithH wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
>    I'm making my first venture into the land of pcmcia on my HP Omnibook 6000.  I'm
> running RH6.2J w/ a 2.2.18 kernel.  I'm wanting to backup my laptop to my DAT drive,
> because my hard drive has started to fail (getting bad sectors).  I downloaded the latest
> pcmcia source and built it without problems.
>
>    The core pcmcia drivers load ok...but when I insert the Adaptec 1480 SlimSCSI Cardbus
> card (or boot the system with the card inserted), I can see the modprobe aba1480_cb
> happen, and then the system locks up tight.  No response from the keyboard (or mouse).  If
> I remove the card at that point, the kernel panics (I haven't seen a kernel panic in a
> LONG time!)
>
>    Has anyone experienced anything like this?  Any suggestions for a fix?
>
> Thanks,
>    Keith
>
>
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