Debian Woody + kernel 2.5.66 + Adaptec AIC79xx U320 support

[Petr Cech]

Peter Mann napsal:
> Heyaaa!!!
> 
> pokusam sa rozbehat novy server, kde mam Adaptec SCSI radic U320 29230,
> v linuxe je to oznacene ako aic79xx
> 
> z www.adaptec.com som stiahol U320/ aic79xx source code for linux, ale
> nejak mi nefunguje jeho zaclenenie do jadra 2.4.20
> 
> skusil som teda jadro 2.5.66 - a tam uz je priamo v jadre:
>  Adaptec AIC79xx U320 support
> 
>   CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX:
>   This driver supports all of Adaptec's Ultra 320 PCI-X
>   based SCSI controllers.
> 
> pouzivam a chcem na to serveri pouzivat Debian 3.0 Woody, v
> /etc/apt/sources.list mam navyse:
> deb http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/debian woody/bunk-1 main contrib non-free
> 
> odtial mam gcc-3.2 aj module-init-tools (This package contains a set of
> programs for loading, inserting, and removing kernel modules for Linux 
> (versions 2.5.48 and above). It serves the same function that the "modutils" 
> package serves for Linux 2.4.)
> 
> s gcc-2.95 sa mi jadro 2.5.66 nedari kompilovat, takze teraz skusam
> gcc-3.2 pod woodym - lenze ani to nejde (c03170a0 D kstat__per_cpu not
> in per-cpu section)
> 
> v sid-ovi (debian unstable) sa mi jadro podarilo skompilovat, avsak po
> vytvoreni boot diskety a bootvani z nej mi vypisuje:
> 
>   Direct booting from floppy is no longer supported.

hmm. vy ale asi nechcete direct booting. Nestaci proste prepsat linux na
stare boot diskete tim novym 2.5.66 jadrem a bootovat s nim?

>   Please use a boot loader program instead.
> 
>   Remove disk and press any key to reboot . . .
> 
> to znamena, ze neviem jadro 2.5.x bootovat priamo z diskety?

asi ne

> ma s tym niekto nejake skusenosti?
> 
> ono ani compact jadro z bootovacieho CDcka Woody-ho nenajde SCSI radic,

proc compact? zkusil bych nejake "bohatsi" jadro

> ale to je zrejme, kedze v jadre ho nema, ponukne vsak volbu:
>   Preload essential modules from a floppy
> 
 
> tam by mal byt zrejme modul aic79xx, ktory som stiahol z adaptec.com,
> ale v akom tvare??? (videl som na tej stranke aj rpm a pripravene
> predkompilovane moduly, lenze neviem, aky riadiaci subor by mal byt este
> v tom podadresari boot, aby instalator vedel, ake moduly tam ma, lebo
> hoci som tam modul skopiroval, na vyber ho neponukol)
> 
> co dalej? kto mi poradi?
> 
> 1. ako dostat aic79xx do jadra 2.4.20?

neni to v README toho adapteca

> 2. alebo ako nainstalovat jadro 2.5.66 do woodyho?

viz. vyze. Prelozim (radsi nemodularni) jadro s volbami, ktere potrebuji a
nahradim tim jadro na boot diskete pro woodyho. To by melo projit


				Petr Cech
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