[ale] aic7xxx driver in Debian

[Bjorn Dittmer-Roche]

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Jim Seymour wrote:

> A while back I remember that there was a problem with the then current
> aic7xxx scsi driver and it was recommended to use aic7xxx_old or
> something like that. Does this still hold true? I am starting to have
> a lot of hard locks on my Debian Sarge system after some recent updates.
> And at every lockup the hdd activity light on the case goes solid on if
> that indicates anything at all. Most of the time these lockups occur
> when I am not even using the computer. Running kernel 2.4.25 and an
> Adaptec 2940UW with 2 scsi disks.

Have you changed your kernel lately? If so, maybe it's time to go back.
Not much else can cause your system to lock up....

	bjorn