Hello Christopher, Christopher wrote: > I have tried: > > Debian 5 > Fedora Live CD 11 > Ubuntu 8.10 > CentOS 5.2 custom kernel from kernel.org with almost all modules enabled Great testing. The Fedora Live CD 11 contains a very recent kernel and should recognize all known (at least to me) ITE-chips. > Nothing recognizes it. All output is same on lspci. Not only lspci is important, also the output of dmesg (grep for tty) and the file /proc/ioports. > I have CCed linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as well with output of lspci -vv > > 02:0e.0 Serial controller: PLX Technology, Inc. Unknown device 9016 (rev > 01) (prog-if 02 [16550]) > Subsystem: Unknown device 544e:0008 > Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- > ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- > Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169 > Region 0: I/O ports at 2440 [disabled] [size=64] > Region 1: I/O ports at 2490 [disabled] [size=16] > Region 2: I/O ports at 2480 [disabled] [size=16] > Region 3: Memory at f2003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) > [disabled] [size=4K] > Region 4: Memory at f2002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) > [disabled] [size=4K] > Region 5: Memory at f2001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) > [disabled] [size=4K] Compared this to one of the ITE-chips here. I'm not convinced this is a chip by ITE. Can you tell me the exact type of it887x (x=...)? > My main server runs Linux 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 12:03:43 > EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux (CentOS 5.2) > > I have attached the "drivers" they gave me for 2.6 kernel supposedly. > Although i believe its for the 2.4 as the readme that it has its for 2.4 > kernel. This rough patch was available for kernel-2.4. As nobody But ITE could provide us (Wincor-Nixdorf) with drivers for kernel-2.6. I was assigned to implement the serial-part of the driver in 8250_pci.c. Hope that helps, Niels > > Thanks > > Regards, > Chris > > Niels de Vos wrote: >> Christopher wrote: >> >>> Im currently compiling my own kernel use guide from >>> http://howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_centos >>> >> >> Site is down atm... Don't refresh your browser ;) >> >> >> >>> Using the latest kernel from kernel.org and my current .config >>> >>> You believe this will have the drivers needed? >>> >> >> Yes, that should work. >> >> Please send me a little update on you success (or not). >> >> Thanks, >> Niels >> >> >> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> Niels de Vos wrote: >>> >>>> Christopher wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have tried to install the kernel as you said: >>>>> >>>>> [root@Server ~]# rpm -ivh --nodeps >>>>> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29/0.137.rc5.git4.fc11/i586/kernel-2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586.rpm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Retrieving >>>>> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29/0.137.rc5.git4.fc11/i586/kernel-2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586.rpm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Preparing... >>>>> ########################################### >>>>> [100%] >>>>> 1:kernel ########################################### >>>>> [100%] >>>>> WARNING: No module ehci-hcd found for kernel >>>>> 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586, continuing anyway >>>>> WARNING: No module ohci-hcd found for kernel >>>>> 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586, continuing anyway >>>>> WARNING: No module uhci-hcd found for kernel >>>>> 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586, continuing anyway >>>>> WARNING: No module ata_piix found for kernel >>>>> 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586, continuing anyway >>>>> Usage: new-kernel-pkg [-v] [--mkinitrd] [--rminitrd] >>>>> [--initrdfile=<initrd-image>] [--depmod] [--rmmoddep] >>>>> [--kernel-args=<args>] [--remove-args=<args>] >>>>> [--banner=<banner>] [--multiboot=multiboot] >>>>> [--mbargs=mbargs] [--make-default] >>>>> <--install | --remove | --update> <kernel-version> >>>>> (ex: new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.4.7-2) >>>>> error: %posttrans(kernel-2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586) scriptlet >>>>> failed, exit status 1 >>>>> [root@Server ~]# >>>>> >>>>> It fails to install the kernel. >>>>> >>>> Hmm, same here... Tried to create the initrd with mkinitrd but it won't >>>> detect my AHCI-drives... Unable to boot the system completely. >>>> >>>> You might be able to create a working initrd manually, after installing >>>> the kernel with 'rpm -ivh --nodeps --noscripts ...'. However, easiest >>>> would be to update the mkinitrd-package to the required version and >>>> install the kernel after that. >>>> >>>> Alternatively you might try an older version of the kernel 2.6.23+. Or >>>> download and try with a Fedora-10-Live CD/USB. >>>> >>>> Hope that helps, >>>> Niels >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Any ideas? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Niels de Vos wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Chris, >>>>>> >>>>>> Christopher wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have bought off ebay the 8port Serial DB9 adapter with ITE8871 >>>>>>> chipset >>>>>>> and my CentOS5.1 with Kernel 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 does not seem to >>>>>>> recognize it. >>>>>>> >>>>>> ITE887x hardware gets recognised with kernel 2.6.23 and newer. >>>>>> RHEL has >>>>>> not included a backport for this driver (so CentOS also didn't). >>>>>> >>>>>> I know some people use a Fedora kernel on CentOS. You can download >>>>>> the >>>>>> most recent version from here: >>>>>> <http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8> >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't know if the RPM just installs like that (probably not). >>>>>> But for >>>>>> some testing it should be okay to install the RPM with >>>>>> 'rpm -ivh --nodeps kernel....rpm'. >>>>>> >>>>>> If the ports still don't work as expected, please re-post the >>>>>> output of >>>>>> 'lspci -vv' and the relevant parts from 'dmesg' to me with a CC to >>>>>> linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>> >>>>>> Good luck :) >>>>>> Niels >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> lspci -vv shows >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 02:0e.0 Serial controller: PLX Technology, Inc. Unknown device 9016 >>>>>>> (rev >>>>>>> 01) (prog-if 02 [16550]) >>>>>>> Subsystem: Unknown device 544e:0008 >>>>>>> Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- >>>>>>> ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- >>>>>>> Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> TAbort- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- >>>>>>> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169 >>>>>>> Region 0: I/O ports at 2440 [disabled] [size=64] >>>>>>> Region 1: I/O ports at 2490 [disabled] [size=16] >>>>>>> Region 2: I/O ports at 2480 [disabled] [size=16] >>>>>>> Region 3: Memory at f2003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) >>>>>>> [disabled] [size=4K] >>>>>>> Region 4: Memory at f2002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) >>>>>>> [disabled] [size=4K] >>>>>>> Region 5: Memory at f2001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) >>>>>>> [disabled] [size=4K] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I saw online in a post from KernelTrap you wrote at >>>>>>> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2007/3/26/70429 that >>>>>>> you >>>>>>> created a patch for this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Since i have no idea from C language and how to load the driver can >>>>>>> you >>>>>>> please let me know what to do to properly load the driver? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks a lot for your time and assistance. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Chris >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >> >> >> >
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