I₂O on Linux - Survey results

Manufacturer	Promise
Model	SuperTrak SX6000
Driver	I2O (<=2.6.8-rc2)
Kernel	2.6.11-gentoo-r3-k8
Architecture	64-bit
System	Gentoo 2005.0r1 AMD64 - 2.6.11-gentoo-r3-k8 boot: gentoo-nofb nodetect nosata nousb nofirewire nohotplug nokeymap noapic dmesg: I2O subsystem v$Rev$ i2o: max drivers = 8 I2O Block Device OSM v$Rev$ block-osm: registered device at major 80 lspci: 0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80960RM [i960RM Bridge] (rev 02) 0000:00:08.1 Class ff00: Intel Corporation 80960RM [i960RM Microprocessor] (rev 02) lspci -vn: 0000:00:08.0 Class 0604: 8086:0962 (rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32 0000:00:08.1 Class ff00: 8086:1962 (rev 02) (prog-if 01) Subsystem: 105a:0000 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Working	no
Comment	Same thing happens when using a 32bit version. If i bypass the SX6000 bios from loading during bootup, and then load the i2o_block module, the device appears in /dev but the system is unstable and will not let me use fdisk on the device (hangs). The promise card will also beep.
Reporter	David Larsen

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