I'd like to back Kevin's request.
I downloaded the latest backported kernel for amd64 and it includes
driver version 00.00.04.01 of the driver:
modinfo
./lib/modules/2.6.30-bpo.1-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.ko
filename:
./lib/modules/2.6.30-bpo.1-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.ko
description: LSI MegaRAID SAS Driver
author: megaraidli...@lsi.com
version: 00.00.04.01
...
This means that the stable kernel driver is at least a couple of
releases behind the testing kernel (which usually isn't the bleeding
edge either). This seems a bit unreasonable (IMHO), especially when the
hardware vendor (Dell) implicitly recommends the use of a later version.
As a temporary solution, I switched to the backports kernel:
echo "deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main" >>
/etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get install -t lenny-backports linux-image-2.6-amd64
Since we're talking about Dell, do notice that switching to backports
kernel breaks the is may breaks the Broadcom NetXtreme II driver. The
firmware-bnx2 package from sid should provide the updated firmware to
make the driver work. I installed it manually (dpkg -i
firmware-bnx2_0.18_all.deb).
Cheers
