From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Greaves Subject: Re: Kernel Module - Raid Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:48:57 +0000 Message-ID: <472F81B9.2070100@dgreaves.com> References: <472F7AED.1030207@bradfordnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <472F7AED.1030207@bradfordnetworks.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Paul VanGundy Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Paul VanGundy wrote: > All, >=20 > Hello. I don't know if this is the right place to post this issue but= it > does deal with RAID so I thought I would try. It deals primarily with linux *software* raid. But stick with it - you may end up doing that... What hardware/distro etc are you using? Is this an expensive (hundreds of =A3) card? Or an onboard/motherboard = chipset? Once you answer this then it may be worth suggesting using sw-raid (in = which case we can help out) or pointing you elsewhere... > I successfully built a new kernel and am able to boot from it. > However, I need to incorporate a specific RAID driver (adpahci.ko) so= we > can use the on-board RAID. I think this is the adaptec proprietary code - in which case you may ne= ed a very specific kernel to run it. You may find others on here who can help but= you'll probably need an Adaptec forum/list. > I have the adpahci.ko and am unable to get > it to compile against any other kernel because I don't have the origi= nal > kernel module (adpahci.c I assume is what I need). Is there any way I > can view the adpahci.ko and copy the contents to make a adpahci.c? No > Is it > possible to get the kernel object to compile with another kernel only > using the adpahci.ko? No > Am I making sense? :) Yes That's one of the big reasons proprietary drivers suck on linux. David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html