Adaptec 2940 controllers

[gaf at zk3.dec.com (Jerry Feldman)]

I recently tried to upgrade the former Boston Computer Society server from 
an old version of Slackware. The system has a 2940w controller which is one 
of the ones that the 2.0 kernels don't like.
I have tried several flavors of 2.0 kernels mostly 2.0.18 and 2.0.32. 
Other than obtaining a different controller (which I am planning to do), 
does anyone know of a driver or patch that could solve the problem.

The symptom is that during boot, the kernel detects the SCSI controller, 
but does not detect any devices. During installation from ATAPI CD ROM, the 
controller is properly probed. Most of the messages that I have seen posted 
to newsgroups say essentially "don't use adaptec 2940" with Linux.

I am not averse to replacing the controller, but since the system is 
co-located at an ISP, access to it is limited. If anyone can point me to a 
reasonable patch, I am planning on working on the system for an hour or 2 
tomorrow.

BTW: I have the system working on the original 1.0.xxx kernel.
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