On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 01:06:54PM +0100, UniquE wrote: > > Hello, > > the ASUS A7V333 comes with a Promise MBFastTrack 133 Lite RAID > controller. > The Debian Woody works fine using Kernel 2.4.19. > There is the known problem with the disabled UDMA and > files can only be copied at about 2MB/Sec from HD to HD. > > I noticed that there are quite a few changes in the 2.5.39 > kernel for Promise 20276 controllers. So the idea is to > take the code for this controller from the unstable kernel > and using it to patch 2.4.x. > The only thing I would like to add is the code for switching > the controller to UDMA mode. > > > Has someone experience in taking code from the later kernel > and inserting it into the current or is this a waste of time? you can more easily take a recent -ac patchset for 2.4.x since the 2.5 code is based on that.....
