From: wolfi@wiesel (Wolfram Stering) Subject: Re: Linux on EISA? Date: 16 Nov 1992 15:05:45 GMT
In comp.os.linux article <1992Nov12.114728.11235@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> you
wrote:
> Is there a version of Linux which runs on EISA - bus machines?
> Is anybody working on it?
> How hard would it be do do?
>
> If I get replies, I'll post a summary.
> Tnx.
> --
> Thomas Koenig, ib09@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, ui0t@dkauni2.bitnet
> The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double
logarithmic
> diagram.
I am running Linux (0.98.pl3) on an EISA-bus machine with an Adaptec
AHA1740 - SCSI-Controller and a Seagate ST1400 hd.
It works, but I had to configure the AHA1740 to use standard mode, using
IRQ 11, DMA-channel 5 and port 330H. Linux detects it as an AHA1542 and
uses slow mode (see FAQ.scsi in nic.funet.fi, in "docs" I think). I hope,
Drew is working on AHA1740 Enhanced mode support.
As for the Linux kernel, it seems to work.
The only strange thing 'till now is gcc 2.2.2d. Trying to run makefiles
causes the compiler to stop after some files with an "internal compiler
error, got signal 11" (SIGSEGV) or similar message. I don't know if it's a
problem related to EISA-machines.
Please all out there using EISA-machines and/or SCSI-drives (especially
AHA1740), provide us your experiences! I'll post mine!
!wolfi.