-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for the prompt replay David. Below are the answers to your questions: >> Hello. I don't know if this is the right place to post this issue but it >> does deal with RAID so I thought I would try. > It deals primarily with linux *software* raid. > But stick with it - you may end up doing that... > > What hardware/distro etc are you using? > Is this an expensive (hundreds of £) card? Or an onboard/motherboard chipset? The distro is Suse 10.1. It is an onboard chipset. > > Once you answer this then it may be worth suggesting using sw-raid (in which > case we can help out) or pointing you elsewhere... > >> I successfully built a new kernel and am able to boot from it. >> However, I need to incorporate a specific RAID driver (adpahci.ko) so we >> can use the on-board RAID. > I think this is the adaptec proprietary code - in which case you may need a very > specific kernel to run it. You may find others on here who can help but you'll > probably need an Adaptec forum/list. Oi. This is a pain... ;) > >> I have the adpahci.ko and am unable to get >> it to compile against any other kernel because I don't have the original >> kernel module (adpahci.c I assume is what I need). Is there any way I >> can view the adpahci.ko and copy the contents to make a adpahci.c? > No That sucks. :) > >> Is it >> possible to get the kernel object to compile with another kernel only >> using the adpahci.ko? > No > >> Am I making sense? :) > Yes Good, because sometimes I don't make sense to myself. :) > > That's one of the big reasons proprietary drivers suck on linux. > Ok. So this chipset has the ability to use an Intel based RAID. Would that be better? Thanks again. /paul -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHL4QOul+dQkHY548RAgF7AJ49tcLXtEp9DgZugK1ozhBNyP0tOgCeNygd HVtJmjZR8qYm7+7lCwH7gLI= =EQwg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
