sym53c875 in 2.4.2

[Stefano Coluccini]

> > > I just tried the current bk linuxppc_2_4 on my CHRP LongTrail
> with Sym53c875
> > > card. The Sym53c8xx driver fails downloading the SCSI
> scripts, and keeps trying
> > > ad infinitum.
> > >
> > > At first sight, the kernel seems to work when I disable the
> Sym53c8xx driver
> > > with `sym53c8xx=excl:0x1400'. It boots to a shell from the MESH.
> >
> > Er, the very current 2_4?  Paulus just commited some changes
> which boil down
> > to we have phys_to_bus (or so) and can use the stock driver.
>
> And, the 2_4/2_5 merged tree i've got locally and will be pushing into 2_5
> shortly works w/ my 53c895 anyways (Booted and got 3 disks on 2 buses).

I have a 2_5 kernel, a Motorola MVME5100 with a sym53c875 based SCSI board
and it works fine.


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