[ATrpms-users] Re: Need Custom Kernel via apt

[Axel Thimm]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 06:03:10PM -0700, Ed Hills wrote:
> > From: Axel Thimm [mailto:Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 4:32 PM
> > To: Ed Hills
> > Cc: atrpms-users at atrpms.net; sith.warrior at rogers.com
> > Subject: Re: Need Custom Kernel via apt
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 01:44:56PM -0700, Ed Hills wrote:
> > > Hello All-
> > >  
> > >   I'm building a mythtv box and trying to get this raid controller
> > > working.  
> > >  
> > > The Promise TX2000 works with fc1 but does not work with
> > > kernel#2.4.22-1.2197.nptl_51.rhfc1.at
> > >  
> > > Can a new kernel be compiled to accommodate the Fastrack Module?
> > 
> > There are no changes wrt to the ide/raid/scsi subsystems in
> > ATrpms' kernels. Is this a kernel modules from the kernel itself,
> > or an externally provided module? I guess the latter, as the
> > former should have worked out of the box. In this case, are
> > sources for building it against an arbitrary kernel available, or
> > are you locked onto kernels supported by the IHV?

> Perhaps this will help
> 
> While at the command line....
> #Apt-get install kernel#2.4.22-1.2197.nptl_51.rhfc1.at
> Committing changes...
> Preparing...    100%
> 1:kernel        100%
> No FastTrak found for kernel#2.4.22-1.2197.nptl_51.rhfc1.at, aborting.
> Mkinitrd failed
> Error: %post(kernel#2.4.22-1.2197.nptl_51.rhfc1.at) scriptlet failed,
> exit status 1
> W:Some errors occurred while running transaction

Sounds like you have applied Jason's driver on FC1 before. Since Jason
provides instructions for doing so with arbitrary kernels, you would have
to follow these to get FastTrak support back in.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 11:04:00PM +0000, Jason Tang wrote:
> As of kernel 2.6, FastTrak ATA soft-raid is no longer supported by the 
> kernel.  In addition, FastTrak devices have always been troublesome 
> under RedHat/Fedora.  The Promise website hosts driver builds for most 
> stock RedHat kernels, and source code for custom builds.  My website 
> at:  http://members.rogers.com/sith.warrior currently provides support 
> for Fedora Core 1 stock uniprocessor kernel in the form of a driver 
> disk.  I also host a mini-howto providing detailed instructions on 
> rebuilding the drivers for custom kernels.

Thanks, that is very useful information. It looks like FC1 also does
not support FastTrak (at least not Ed's version), right?

> When Promise updates their source code for kernel 2.6 compatibility, I 
> will provide a driver disk for Fedora Core 2 as well as updated build 
> instructions.

Thanks, a note here would be very welcome.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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