Hi again, Please forget my previous email. I think i found where the problem is. Sorry my mistake. Thank you for writing this driver. Sorry once again. --- Deyan Chepishev <dchepishev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if I am writing to the wrong people, but I > took > them from the sources. > > Here Is the problem I experience: > > I have server HP Proliant ML 150 G2 equipped with > SATA > Promise TX4 SATA300 controller. > Linux root partition is on software raid1 > Linux is CentOS 4.3 > > I downloaded kernel 2.6.17.7 > When I compile in the kernel both drivers > sata_promise > and raid1, create appropriate initrd and reboot. The > system is unable to boot and kernel panics with last > messages something like: > switching root > unable to mount root > and so on. > > If I compile raid1 as module and create the > corresponding initrd the system is booting just > fine. > > This leads me to the conclusion that when compiled > in > raid1 driver is initialized before the sata_promise > driver and is unable to see the mirror devices > simply > because they dont exist yet. > > When I use kernel 2.6.14.6 the whole thing is > working > just fine with both drivers compiled in the kernel. > > Do you think there is some way to tell the kernel > which driver to initialize first ? > > Thanks in advance and sorry for bugging you with my > problems > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
