SuSE Linux: Versions 5.2 to 5.3
This article refers to an older version of SuSE Linux.
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be outdated or the article may contain stale links.
The SCSI controller DawiControl DC-2974
works with the driver delivered with
S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2 or older, but not stable when using more than one device.
In version 5.3 of S.u.S.E. Linux the Tekram driver supports this functionality. The older AM53C974 driver should be used only in those cases, where it already prooved to work.
The Dawicontrol SCSI-Adapter was thoroughly tested with the Tekram driver. All former difficulties seem to be gone. We would like to thank the developer !
We got feedback that the AM53C974 driver worked fine for a customer if compiled into the kernel (2.0.36). Earlier kernels worked fine using it as modul.