Hi, I wanted to know whether the aic7xxx.o module is present in the /lib/modules directory. Under this directory 2.6.0-test1/drivers/scsi/aic7xx/ this should be there. This is because all the modules are loaded from there and if I am not mistaken mkinitrd will also be picking up the modules from there itself. If under the directory /lib/modules/2.6.0-test1/drivers/scsi/aic7xx/ there is no aic7xxx.0 module that should be the problem. If you are building it as a module are you doing the make modules_install. Personally I do not use make install I prefer to use make modules_install and the copy the system map & bzImage to the boot directory. I go like this make mrproper if required to clean the tree completely, then make menuconfig, make bzImage, make modules and finally make modules_install. After this I copy the bzImage and the system.map to the proper place and finally mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.0-test1.img 2.6.0-test1. As you said yesterday that you have tried both the modular and the building in the kernel route and both fail at the same point right. If you have built the driver in the kernel then you do not need to do mkinitrd for using scsi maybe for some other stuff like ext3 you will need it. >From man mkinitrd mkinitrd automatically loads filesystem modules (such as ext3 and jbd), IDE modules, all scsi_hostadapter entries in /etc/modules.conf, and raid modules if the systemâs root partition is on raid, which makes it simple to build and use kernels using modular device drivers. In light of the above when you compile it in the kernel try removing the alias scsi-hostadapter lines from the modules.conf temporarily and then creating the mkinitrd maybe that will solve your problem. As to copying the aic7xxx.o to the scsi directory won't help you at all unless and until you change the Makefile to reflect that so that it can copy it from the new location. But trust me it is highly unlikely that the the kernel guys made a mistake writing the correct makefile which fails to copy the aic7xxx module from the directory it has been residing in for a pretty long time ;-) OK finally started my own compile will get back in 1 hrs time as to how it went... -- Arindam Dey The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. GPG FPR: B8E3 219E F129 F970 F4A7 BC50 9636 504A BEDF 5739 -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
