AACRAID Driver for Linux (take two) Introduction ------------------------- The aacraid driver adds support for Adaptec (http://www.adaptec.com) RAID controllers. This is a major rewrite from the original Adaptec supplied driver. It has signficantly cleaned up both the code and the running binary size (the module is less than half the size of the original). Supported Cards/Chipsets ------------------------- Dell Computer Corporation PERC 2 Quad Channel Dell Computer Corporation PERC 2/Si Dell Computer Corporation PERC 3/Si Dell Computer Corporation PERC 3/Di HP NetRAID-4M ADAPTEC 2120S ADAPTEC 2200S ADAPTEC 5400S Legend S220 Legend S230 Adaptec 3230S Adaptec 3240S ASR-2020S PCI-X AAR-2410SA SATA People ------------------------- Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> (small cleanups/fixes) Matt Domsch <matt_domsch@dell.com> (revision ioctl, adapter messages) Deanna Bonds <deanna_bonds@adaptec.com> (non-DASD support, PAE fibs and 64 bit, added new adaptec controllers added new ioctls, changed scsi interface to use new error handler, increased the number of fibs and outstanding commands to a container) (fixed 64bit and 64G memory model, changed confusing naming convention where fibs that go to the hardware are consistently called hw_fibs and not just fibs like the name of the driver tracking structure) Mark Salyzyn <Mark_Salyzyn@adaptec.com> Fixed panic issues and added some new product ids for upcoming hbas. Original Driver ------------------------- Adaptec Unix OEM Product Group Mailing List ------------------------- linux-aacraid-devel@dell.com (Interested parties troll here) http://mbserver.adaptec.com/ (Currently more Community Support than Devel Support) Also note this is very different to Brian's original driver so don't expect him to support it. Adaptec does support this driver. Contact either tech support or Mark Salyzyn. Original by Brian Boerner February 2001 Rewritten by Alan Cox, November 2001Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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