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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: AHA2940 bug
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 01:07:45 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Mark Heath wrote:
> 
> From reading the 2.2.1 Release notes there was mention of a bug in the
> Adaptec 2940 driver.
> 
> I assume that this bug is present in 2.1.7?
> How can this bug be avoided or patched out of the system without moving
> to 2.2.1?

Upgrade to 2.1.7.1 (or take the source patches between 2.1.7 and 2.1.7.1
and apply them to your system - the patches are available from the
2.1.7.1 release's src distribution directory (see ftp.freebsd.org).

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.