Re: Adaptec 2010S i2o + x86_64 doesn't work

[Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com>]

Hello,

Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> I have a supermicro dual xeon em64t system, X6DH8-XG2 motherboard,
> 4 GB RAM, with an Adaptec zero raid 2010S i2o controller. In 32
> bits mode it runs fine, both with the dpt_i2o driver and the
> generic i2o_block driver using kernel 2.6.11.6.
> In 64 bits mode however the dpt_i2o driver isn't supported, so
> you have to use the generic i2o layer. But that doesn't work
> either - sometimes when booting the partition table is detected,
> sometimes it isn't. If it isn't, then fdisk /dev/i2o/hda works
> but shows an empty disk (while there definitely are partitions
> present)
> In both cases doing a dd if=/dev/i2o/hda of=/dev/null crashes
> the system.
> According to http://i2o.shadowconnect.com/ , it should work.
> I've upgraded the BIOS and firmware of the mobo and controller to
> the latest versions - doesn't help. Can someone suggest what to
> try next ?

Could you try out the 2.6.9 kernel, because i know that this one is working?

Also could you send me a complete output of dmesg?


Thank you very much.



Best regards,


Markus Lidel
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