Re: [Grml] adp94xx driver

2007-06-27 Thread Andreas Gredler
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 03:03:26PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  * David Koski [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20070625 17:15]:
  On Monday 25 June 2007 01:58, Michael Prokop wrote:
  I'll try to check out with Jimmy what's current state of adp94xx/
  aic94xx. My current state of information is that aic94xx is what you
  use with =2.6.19 if you used adp94xx before.

Hi, aic94xx is not the same as adp94xx but very similar.

 I have checked the above weblog.  It is high in the Google search list.  I
 tried to load the binary module but it is sarge Debian.  I burned a sarge
 CD and could not load the network drivers for the same machine.  I then
 downloaded the souce and followed the directions but there were a bunch of
 make errors.

Unfortunately there are a few versions of the debian sarge installer cd,
so the precompiled version only works with one.
Just send me a private mail and we'll try to compile the driver together
for sarge.

About grml and adp94: adp94 was dropped in the meantime because it never
compiled for newer kernel versions and aic94 worked for most
controllers. In fact, you are the first one who reports, that it doesn't
work (Maybe you enabled RAID in the BIOS?)
I will check again if newer adp94 versions will compile with 2.6.21
kernel and I also will precompile modules for debian etch. But this will
take some time, especially as IBM now uses LSI controllers instead of
Adaptec so my new Servers don't need adp94xx any longer.

greets Jimmy

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Re: [Grml] adp94xx driver

2007-06-27 Thread David Koski
Hello Jimmy,

On Wednesday 27 June 2007 06:09, Andreas Gredler wrote:
 On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 03:03:26PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   * David Koski [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20070625 17:15]:
   On Monday 25 June 2007 01:58, Michael Prokop wrote:
  
   I'll try to check out with Jimmy what's current state of adp94xx/
   aic94xx. My current state of information is that aic94xx is what you
   use with =2.6.19 if you used adp94xx before.

 Hi, aic94xx is not the same as adp94xx but very similar.

  I have checked the above weblog.  It is high in the Google search list. 
  I tried to load the binary module but it is sarge Debian.  I burned a
  sarge CD and could not load the network drivers for the same machine.  I
  then downloaded the souce and followed the directions but there were a
  bunch of make errors.

 Unfortunately there are a few versions of the debian sarge installer cd,
 so the precompiled version only works with one.
 Just send me a private mail and we'll try to compile the driver together
 for sarge.

I am trying to install Debian etch 4.0 which is now stable.
I thought installing for sarge would be a good staring point.
Maybe I could just use the 2.6.8 kernel with etch.

 About grml and adp94: adp94 was dropped in the meantime because it never
 compiled for newer kernel versions and aic94 worked for most
 controllers. In fact, you are the first one who reports, that it doesn't
 work (Maybe you enabled RAID in the BIOS?)
 I will check again if newer adp94 versions will compile with 2.6.21
 kernel and I also will precompile modules for debian etch. But this will
 take some time, especially as IBM now uses LSI controllers instead of
 Adaptec so my new Servers don't need adp94xx any longer.

I am getting pressure to get this installed so I am on the verge
of installing RedHat (sigh!) which is supported by Supermicro, the
computer manufacturer.  I called Supermicro and they confirmed that
the adp94 driver is necessary due to the 9410 chip.  I have Debian
4.0 installed on my computer and I installed 2.6.18 sources and
compiled but the source code from Adaptec is not made to build
on other than RedHat and SuSE.

Thank You,
David Koski
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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Re: [Grml] adp94xx driver

2007-06-25 Thread Michael Prokop
* David Koski [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20070625 17:15]:
 On Monday 25 June 2007 01:58, Michael Prokop wrote:
  * David Koski [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20070625 06:15]:

[adp94xx kernel module]

  IIRC adp94xx has been integrated as aic94xx in mainline 2.6.19.

  % uname -a
  Linux funkenzutzler 2.6.20-grml #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Apr 22 13:28:02 CEST
  2007 i686 GNU/Linux % modinfo aic94xx | grep description
  description:Adaptec aic94xx SAS/SATA driver

  Please correct me if I'm wrong (I don't own an Adaptec SAS/SATA
  controller).

 I don't believe the aic94xx driver is the same as adp94xx, which has
 proprietary code.  Given Debian's strict policies, I would be
 surprised if they adopted adp94xx code.  I tried to install a
 modified Debian stable (2.6.18 kernel + aic94xx) install without
 success.  That when it was indicated to me that the adp94xx is
 needed.  RedHat reportedly comes with adp94xx drivers, which are
 required for my specific Adaptec chip.  I was hoping grml had them
 too, as indicated in the README.

Well, did you try grml 1.0 with aic94xx? A short look at the code of
adp94xx indicates that it seems to be quite the same as current
aic94xx. JFTR: Debian's policies has nothing to do with
adp94xx/aic94xx itself - especially as grml's kernel has (basically)
nothing to do with Debian's one. ;) The aic94xx code went in
mainline (as in kernel.org) and not just in Debian's kernel.

Regarding adp94xx there have been several problems with different
kernel versions. Check out Jimmy's weblog on that issue:

  http://www.jimmy.co.at/weblog/?p=71

I'll try to check out with Jimmy what's current state of adp94xx/
aic94xx. My current state of information is that aic94xx is what you
use with =2.6.19 if you used adp94xx before.

regards,
-mika-
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