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* Re: SCSI Initio 9100UW (INIC-950p chipset) support nunder kernel 2.6.x
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@ 2004-09-22 16:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
  2004-09-22 16:21   ` Rodrigo Severo
                     ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2004-09-22 16:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rodrigo Severo; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-scsi

On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 01:03:00PM -0300, Rodrigo Severo wrote:
> with kernel 2.4.24 (yes, I know it's old).
> 
> I want to update my kernel do 2.6.8. The question: is there support for 
> this board/chipset under kernel 2.6.x?
> 
> I looked around a lot and couldn't find much. www.initio.com says their 
> code is in the kernel since 2.0.32. Has it been left out for 2.6.x?
> 
> Is anyone working on this port? Anyone intending to work on it?

The driver still exists and actually compiles.  It's marked BROKEN, although
I don't know why.  If you want to help testing we can update it to current
standards.


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* Re: SCSI Initio 9100UW (INIC-950p chipset) support nunder kernel 2.6.x
  2004-09-22 16:06 ` SCSI Initio 9100UW (INIC-950p chipset) support nunder kernel 2.6.x Christoph Hellwig
@ 2004-09-22 16:21   ` Rodrigo Severo
  2004-09-22 17:40   ` Rodrigo Severo
  2004-09-22 20:14   ` Pozsar Balazs
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Rodrigo Severo @ 2004-09-22 16:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Christoph Hellwig; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-scsi

Christoph Hellwig wrote:

>On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 01:03:00PM -0300, Rodrigo Severo wrote:
>
>Is anyone working on this port? Anyone intending to work on it?
>  
>
>
>The driver still exists and actually compiles.  It's marked BROKEN, although
>I don't know why.  If you want to help testing we can update it to current
>standards.
>  
>
I can help. What should I do? And even more important, where can I find it?


Rodrigo Severo


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* Re: SCSI Initio 9100UW (INIC-950p chipset) support nunder kernel 2.6.x
  2004-09-22 16:06 ` SCSI Initio 9100UW (INIC-950p chipset) support nunder kernel 2.6.x Christoph Hellwig
  2004-09-22 16:21   ` Rodrigo Severo
@ 2004-09-22 17:40   ` Rodrigo Severo
  2004-09-22 21:37     ` Christoph Hellwig
  2004-09-22 20:14   ` Pozsar Balazs
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Rodrigo Severo @ 2004-09-22 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Christoph Hellwig; +Cc: linux-scsi

Hi,


Just after I sent my previous message I realized where I could find the 
driver. It's already compiled and modprobed.

I have only one scsi device attached to it: an ECRIX VXA-1 tape drive.

cat /proc/version gives me:

Linux version 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 (root@coppola2) (gcc version 3.3.4 
20040623 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.4-r1, ssp-3.3.2-2, pie-8.7.6)) #4 Wed Sep 22 
13:24:17 BRT 2004

cat /proc/scsi/scsi gives me:

Attached devices:
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
  Vendor: ECRIX    Model: VXA-1            Rev: 2C8C
  Type:   Sequential-Access                ANSI SCSI revision: 02

so the tape drive is being recognized.

I can't access it though.

I tried "mt -f /dev/nst0" rewind and my first result was:

/dev/nst0: No such file or directory

So I "mknod /dev/nst0 c 9 128" rmmoded and modprobed initio module and 
tried again "mt -f /dev/nst0" just to get:

/dev/nst0: No such device or address

Well, I have a rather ordinary Gentoo installation which means it uses 
devfs (and devfsd). Could it be the one to blame?

What should I do now?

Do you need any extra info?

Please remember to CC straight to me as I'm not subscribed to this list.


TIAA,

Rodrigo Severo
 



Christoph Hellwig wrote:

>The driver still exists and actually compiles.  It's marked BROKEN, although
>I don't know why.  If you want to help testing we can update it to current
>standards.
>
>  
>


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* Re: SCSI Initio 9100UW (INIC-950p chipset) support nunder kernel 2.6.x
  2004-09-22 16:06 ` SCSI Initio 9100UW (INIC-950p chipset) support nunder kernel 2.6.x Christoph Hellwig
  2004-09-22 16:21   ` Rodrigo Severo
  2004-09-22 17:40   ` Rodrigo Severo
@ 2004-09-22 20:14   ` Pozsar Balazs
  2004-09-24 21:21     ` Rodrigo Severo
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Pozsar Balazs @ 2004-09-22 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Christoph Hellwig, Rodrigo Severo, linux-kernel, linux-scsi

On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 05:06:51PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 01:03:00PM -0300, Rodrigo Severo wrote:
> > with kernel 2.4.24 (yes, I know it's old).
> > 
> > I want to update my kernel do 2.6.8. The question: is there support for 
> > this board/chipset under kernel 2.6.x?
> > 
> > I looked around a lot and couldn't find much. www.initio.com says their 
> > code is in the kernel since 2.0.32. Has it been left out for 2.6.x?
> > 
> > Is anyone working on this port? Anyone intending to work on it?
> 
> The driver still exists and actually compiles.  It's marked BROKEN, although
> I don't know why.  If you want to help testing we can update it to current
> standards.

It works perfectly for me. (I have 1 disk and 1 cdrom.)

Also note that mandrake ships a kernel with the BROKEN flag patched off.

I do not know why was it marked as such.


-- 
pozsy

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* Re: SCSI Initio 9100UW (INIC-950p chipset) support nunder kernel 2.6.x
  2004-09-22 17:40   ` Rodrigo Severo
@ 2004-09-22 21:37     ` Christoph Hellwig
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2004-09-22 21:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rodrigo Severo; +Cc: Christoph Hellwig, linux-scsi

Do you have the st driver loaded?

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* Re: SCSI Initio 9100UW (INIC-950p chipset) support nunder kernel 2.6.x
  2004-09-22 20:14   ` Pozsar Balazs
@ 2004-09-24 21:21     ` Rodrigo Severo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Rodrigo Severo @ 2004-09-24 21:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pozsar Balazs; +Cc: Christoph Hellwig, linux-kernel, linux-scsi

Pozsar Balazs wrote:

>On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 05:06:51PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>  
>
>>On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 01:03:00PM -0300, Rodrigo Severo wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>with kernel 2.4.24 (yes, I know it's old).
>>>
>>>I want to update my kernel do 2.6.8. The question: is there support for 
>>>this board/chipset under kernel 2.6.x?
>>>
>>>I looked around a lot and couldn't find much. www.initio.com says their 
>>>code is in the kernel since 2.0.32. Has it been left out for 2.6.x?
>>>
>>>Is anyone working on this port? Anyone intending to work on it?
>>>      
>>>
>>The driver still exists and actually compiles.  It's marked BROKEN, although
>>I don't know why.  If you want to help testing we can update it to current
>>standards.
>>    
>>
>
>It works perfectly for me. (I have 1 disk and 1 cdrom.)
>
>Also note that mandrake ships a kernel with the BROKEN flag patched off.
>
>I do not know why was it marked as such.
>
In fact it works just fine for me too. As Christoph Hellwig latest 
message suggested I was suffering lack-of-st-driver sickness *:">

As far as I can tell the driver is really fine. Maybe it's time to 
remove the BROKEN flag from it? I am not sure who is responsible for 
this but here is my Works For Me vote.


Thanks you all for your help,

Rodrigo Severo

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