Aic7x_x_x 6.2.36 && Aic79xx 1.3.10 Updates
Hi,
Has any one succeeded in running the latest sources with RH9 (2.4.20-8) kernel? Specifically, these are the sources sent out by Justin T. Gibbs <http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=author:gibbs%40scsiguy.com+> ([email protected] <mailto:gibbs%40scsiguy.com>):
http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/
<http://people.FreeBSD.org/%7Egibbs/linux/SRC/>
In my case the driver loads fine, but it takes a while to initialize(?). I get errors like:
scsi0: Host status: Failed(0)
...
The kernel boots fine, and the rc scripts are run fine and the console prompt shows fine. However, the console is locked. I cannot type anything there. I can ssh/telnet to the machine. The disks seem to be accessed fine. However, I get the same errors from the driver on shutdown.
So before I waste my time and (more importantly) yours, does this sound familiar or did I miss something in the compile. I will send a more complete screen dump if anyone is interested.
Thanks a lot,
L.
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Hi,
Has any one succeeded in running the latest sources with RH9 (2.4.20-8) kernel? Specifically, these are the sources sent out by Justin T. Gibbs.
http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/
<http://people.FreeBSD.org/%7Egibbs/linux/SRC/>
In my case the driver loads fine, but it takes a while to initialize(?). I get errors like:
scsi0: Host status: Failed(0)
...
The latest source on my site is for aic7xxx 6.3.4 and aic79xx 2.0.4. Are you referring to these versions? Have you tried the pre-built drivers for this kernel which are also on my site?
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Justin
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Hi,
Has any one succeeded in running the latest sources with RH9 (2.4.20-8) kernel? Specifically, these are the sources sent out by Justin T. Gibbs.
http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/
<http://people.FreeBSD.org/%7Egibbs/linux/SRC/>
In my case the driver loads fine, but it takes a while to initialize(?). I get errors like:
scsi0: Host status: Failed(0)
...
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The latest source on my site is for aic7xxx 6.3.4 and aic79xx 2.0.4. Are you referring to these versions? Have you tried the pre-built drivers for this kernel which are also on my site?
--
Justin
I got this tarball from your website: aic79xx-linux-2.4-20031106-tar.gz. I untarred on top on my private 2.4.20-8 kernel tree. Should I have deleted the aic7xxx directory before I did this?
I did use an older version of the binary driver RPM. I faced versioning problems at the RPM install script level and (if I did a manual install of the binary in /lib/modules/2.4.20-8custom) the kernel versioning problem. This driver works fine with standard RH kernels though.
I am hoping for a solution that will enable me to have a super-kernel that will run on multiple H/W configurations without hacking on init scripts. That's why I am interested in getting the driver build and install properly from sources.
Thanks,
L.
P.S. This info comes from the same machine when booted with stock RH 2.4.20-8. /proc/scsi/0:
Adaptec AIC79xx driver version: 1.3.10
Adaptec AIC7902 Ultra320 SCSI adapter
aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 101-133Mhz, 512 SCBs Allocated SCBs: 32, SG List Length: 102
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I got this tarball from your website: aic79xx-linux-2.4-20031106-tar.gz. I untarred on top on my private 2.4.20-8 kernel tree. Should I have deleted the aic7xxx directory before I did this?
It probably makes little difference so long as you get rid of all of the .o and .???.flags files in that directory.
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I did use an older version of the binary driver RPM. I faced versioning problems at the RPM install script level
Yes. Module versioning means that these binaries will not function on anything but stock kernels.
Can you provide all of the messages that the driver outputs? A dmesg from a running system would be useful too.
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Justin