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Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 01:14:45 -0600
From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP //// HPT raid card 1740
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To: Marc Rantanen <marcr@kth.se>
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Marc Rantanen wrote:
> Can't get the new driver for HPT 1740 working in kernel gentoo-2.6.24-r8
> 
> module: rr174x (v.2.1)
> 
> /marc
> ------------------------
> rr174x: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> rr174x:RocketRAID 174x controller driver v2.1.08.0303 (May 16 2008 
> 15:58:03)
> BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 64091fd0
> printing eip: f8905688 *pde = 00000000
> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> Modules linked in: rr174x(P) scsi_wait_scan

There is nothing kernel developers can do about this, you will have to 
contact Highpoint. Do you really need to use that binary driver?