From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul VanGundy Subject: Re: Kernel Module - Raid Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:58:55 -0500 Message-ID: <472F840F.2060607@bradfordnetworks.com> References: <472F7AED.1030207@bradfordnetworks.com> <472F81B9.2070100@dgreaves.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <472F81B9.2070100@dgreaves.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: David Greaves Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for the prompt replay David. Below are the answers to your quest= ions: >> Hello. I don't know if this is the right place to post this issue bu= t 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... >=20 > What hardware/distro etc are you using? > Is this an expensive (hundreds of =A3) card? Or an onboard/motherboar= d chipset? The distro is Suse 10.1. It is an onboard chipset. >=20 > Once you answer this then it may be worth suggesting using sw-raid (i= n which > case we can help out) or pointing you elsewhere... >=20 >> I successfully built a new kernel and am able to boot from it. >> However, I need to incorporate a specific RAID driver (adpahci.ko) s= o we >> can use the on-board RAID. > I think this is the adaptec proprietary code - in which case you may = need a very > specific kernel to run it. You may find others on here who can help b= ut you'll > probably need an Adaptec forum/list. Oi. This is a pain... ;) >=20 >> I have the adpahci.ko and am unable to get >> it to compile against any other kernel because I don't have the orig= inal >> 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 That sucks. :) >=20 >> Is it >> possible to get the kernel object to compile with another kernel onl= y >> using the adpahci.ko? > No >=20 >> Am I making sense? :) > Yes Good, because sometimes I don't make sense to myself. :) >=20 > That's one of the big reasons proprietary drivers suck on linux. >=20 Ok. So this chipset has the ability to use an Intel based RAID. Would that be better? Thanks again. /paul -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHL4QOul+dQkHY548RAgF7AJ49tcLXtEp9DgZugK1ozhBNyP0tOgCeNygd HVtJmjZR8qYm7+7lCwH7gLI=3D =3DEQwg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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