Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 10:57:23PM -0400, David Witbrodt wrote: > > I would still like to know how you looked up the info on which drivers > > were supported. Is that info from the net, or from your system? Which > > kernel does it refer to? > > It refers to kernel 2.6.0 beta 5. > > I downloaded it, extracted it in ~/linux-2.6.0, and: > > ~ %% cd linux-2.6.0/ > ~/linux-2.6.0 %% grep -lri Highpoint . > } one minute and 41 seconds later (my system is slow)... > ./drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c > ./drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c > ./drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.h > ~/linux-2.6.0 %% > > Looking in drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c, I find this: > static char *chipset_names[] = {"HPT343", "HPT345"}; > and: > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PCI driver module for Highpoint 34x IDE"); > > In drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c: > char *chipset_nums[] = {"366", "366", "368", > "370", "370A", "372", > "302", "371", "374" }; > ^^^^^ > Looks like HPT302 support.
Beautiful!! It looks same way to me, even though I am a newbie! ;-) I sent a message to Highpoint asking about it. This info is quite specific, and I can ask them directly whether the HPT366 driver is backward compatible with HPT302 and will run the controller. If so, that is going to save me a bunch of trouble. (Someday I'll be able to actually DO the things I was worried I would have to do!) If it is the kernels in the 3.6.x series that I need, then I may have to use the Sarge netinst CD. The HILUX CD seems to have only 2.4.24, and the Woody CDs are farther behind than that. I wonder if it is possible, if the Sarge netinst CD gives me problems, to get an updated kernel from backports.org and use it with one of these CD sets? I see that kernels 2.6.6 and 2.6.7 are available there, but at this point doing anything like that is probably way over my head.... Thanks for everything, Dave Witbrodt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]