[ Resending per Jarod... ]
Ok, so the below thread has changed tracks... I started looking at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel?highlight=#Building_Only_Kernel_Modules
And saw, "*This section needs to be updated and fleshed out". Yes,
indeed. I'm trying to go by this section, but it's a little thin.
Who owns it? I'd like to work with them on figuring out what needs to
be added to make it useful.
Thanks,
-Philip
==== Original thread below ====
*Philip A. Prindeville wrote:
Jerry Amundson wrote:
On 12/21/08, Jerry Amundson <jamun...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/21/08, Philip A. Prindeville <philipp_s...@redfish-solutions.com>
wrote:
I was going to build an RPM for the modules for the Promise FastTrak
TX4650 PCI-e RAID controller for FC9.
Their support website claims it's supported "in-box" in FC9, but it
turns out that's not true:
$ lspci -v -s 02:00.0
02:00.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. Unknown
device 3f20
Subsystem: Promise Technology, Inc. Unknown device 3f22
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Memory at fbeff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at fbec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Memory at fbefc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Expansion ROM at fbe80000 [disabled] [size=256K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [70] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [94] SATA HBA <?>
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-02-00-00-00
Capabilities: [170] Power Budgeting <?>
so... I downloaded their drivers from their website:
http://www.promise.com/upload/Support/Driver/FT%20TX4650-2650%20Linux%20Kernl%202.6%20PSC%20v1.1.0.12.tgz
(Yes, I realize it will taint my kernel... and it doesn't include
all of
the
source.)
I tried to build it, but getting into the kernel directory:
Don't start there. Start with the README of the source you downloaded.
And it looks like you'll some code fixing to get it to compile...
http://www.colinmackenzie.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12:promise-satasas-driver-update-tx4650tx2650&catid=8:rotator&Itemid=7
jerry
I saw the more recent postings...
My understanding is that the TX4650 has the RAID-5 XOR ASICs to
accelerate the reed-solomon code calculations... hence my wanting to
use this driver.
I picked up the patches that you pointed me at (including "The
Czar's", which was necessary to compile on 2.6.25 and subsequent)...
Then I looked at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel?highlight=#Building_Only_Kernel_Modules
but had some questions about that.
The example is a little thin. It doesn't explain what to do if you
need to pass in extra C flags, extra include directories, or if your
driver has several subdirectories that need to be compiled and linked
together (or if it is a partial-source release, and has canned object
files that also need to be linked in).
Anyone have a real-life example that they can point me at that does this?
Thanks,
-Philip
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