DPT PM3755F Fibrechannel Host Adapter

I have been unable to set up a module for my DPT fibrechannel host adapter, partly through unavailability, and partly through inexperience.

Found Ricky Beam's 2.4.0-test7 .diff, but lack the experience to retrofit it to 2.4.2. Tried patch -su <dpt_i2o-test7.diff to my kernel 2.4.2 source, but many errors not surprisingly. Tried hand-modifying the files it changes and creating the .c & .h files, but failed there too.

What he made is (an apparently) unified .diff file for an older version of the kernel, and I would like to get my fibrechannel working as (at least) a module in 2.4.2 and later if possible. --
C.

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There is a nice suppary of current DPT driver status on Kernel Traffic #113:

http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20010330_113.html#3

marko

Thank you Marko. This was exactly what I was looking for. And thank you very much Omar Kilani for the retrofit. But kernel doesn't recognize the adapter.

Installed the patch, compiled, installed, & everything seemed to go fine. Booted to IDE... no problems, except the DPT HA wasn't recognized. There was no mention of the DPT in messages, either recognized as hardware, nor to load the driver.

I am running an MSI KT7Turbo mobo with Athlon 850. Six PCI & no IDE. DPT PM3755F fibrechannel host adapter is in the first slot & has two Cheetahs attached. Outfit works fine in Winders2k. Trying to move to kernel 2.4.2, in RedHat Wolverine.

Please help.
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C.

The best way out is always through.
- Robert Frost A Servant to Servants, 1914