On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 othyro@freeshell.org wrote:

> Would you mind disclosing that code? I have a pretty good idea of what it
> is, but would really like to be sure before building a kernel. Can you
> comment on the overall stability of the system with that kernel? Did you
> still have ethernet connectivity?

--- GENERIC	Wed Aug  7 21:25:33 2002
+++ VPN01	Tue Jul 15 16:06:27 2003
@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@
 isp*	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# Qlogic ISP 10x0 SCSI
 le*	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# PCI LANCE Ethernet (untested)
 sf*	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# Adaptec AIC-6915 Ethernet
-siop*	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# Symbios 53c8xx SCSI
+#siop*	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# Symbios 53c8xx SCSI
+siop0	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# Symbios 53c8xx SCSI
+#siop1	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# Symbios 53c8xx SCSI
 mlx*	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# Mylex DAC960 / DEC SWXCR (untested)
 ne*	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# NE2000-compatible Ethernet
 ohci*	at	pci? dev ? function ?		# USB Open Host Controller

The siop1 entry is there because I had it enabled when trying to debug the
problem.  With it commented out, the system will boot.

I had ethernet connectivity - but only through a 3COM card added to the
system.  The NIC on the combo card has the same problems as the second
Symbios chip- no interrupts.

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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA