 | | | Highpoint IDE Raid Card | Highpoint IDE Raid Card 2006-02-14 - By Mark McCulligh
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Rick Stevens wrote:
>On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 20:52 -0500, Mark McCulligh wrote:
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>>Rick Stevens wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 18:36 -0500, Mark McCulligh wrote:
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>>>>Hi Group,
>>>>
>>>>I have a Hightpoint RocketRAID 133 raid card that I am trying to
>>>>install. I downloaded the driver from their website and I have to
>>>>configure it with the kernel source.
>>>>
>>>>make KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2 (See http://nux-2.ora-code.com).6.4-52-default [from their readme file]
>>>>
>>>>To get my kernel source as I know it is no longer part of the default
>>>>install I did the following commands.
>>>>up2date --get-source kernel
>>>>rpm -Uvh kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6.12-1-1381_FC3.src.rpm
>>>>cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
>>>>rpmbuild -bp --target=i586 kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6.spec
>>>>cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6.12/linux-2 (See http://nux-2.ora-code.com).6.12/configs
>>>>cp kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6.12-i586.config ./.config
>>>>cd ..
>>>>make oldconfig
>>>>
>>>>At this point I am lost. Where do I tell highpoint where my kernel
>>>>source is?
>>>>
>>>>I tried this:
>>>>make KERNELDIR=/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6.12/linux-2 (See http://nux-2.ora-code.com).6.12
>>>>but I just got a lot of errors.
>>>>
>>>>Has anyone used this card and can get me an idea on what I need to do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>It'd help if we could see some of the errors you got. You probably need
>>>to actually build the kernel and modules...some 3rd party drivers need a
>>>real kernel and not just the configured source:
>>>
>>> # cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6.12/linux-2 (See http://nux-2.ora-code.com).6.12
>>> # make bzImage;make modules
>>>
>>>After that, your make command for the driver should work.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>I ran the "make bzImage;make modules" commands then build the driver.
>>See below for the output. I then ran insmod to load the driver and got a
>>Invalid module format error. I see a couple warnings in building the
>>driver. Any ideas what to do next. First time building my own drivers.
>>Thanks for your help.
>>
>>[root@(protected) drivers]# make KERNELDIR=/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6
.12/linux-2 (See http://nux-2.ora-code.com).6.12 RR1520=0
>>cp -f raid.o raid.obj
>>make -C /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6.12/linux-2 (See http://nux-2.ora-code.com).6.12 SUBDIRS=`pwd`
>>modules
>>make[1]: Entering directory
>>`/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6.12/linux-2 (See http://nux-2.ora-code.com).6.12'
>> CC [M] /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt.o
>>In file included from /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt.c:49:
>>drivers/scsi/hosts.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is obsolete, please
>>use <scsi/scsi_host.h> instead"
>>In file included from /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt.c:129:
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/entry.c: In function `fOsBuildSgl':
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/entry.c:903: warning: implicit
>>declaration of function `scsi_to_pci_dma_dir'
>>In file included from /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt.c:130:
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hptproc.c: In function `hpt_set_info':
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hptproc.c:230: warning: `verify_area' is
>>deprecated (declared at include/asm/uaccess.h:105)
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hptproc.c:236: warning: `verify_area' is
>>deprecated (declared at include/asm/uaccess.h:105)
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hptproc.c:242: warning: `verify_area' is
>>deprecated (declared at include/asm/uaccess.h:105)
>>In file included from /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt.c:130:
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hptproc.c:260: warning: ignoring return
>>value of `copy_from_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hptproc.c:268: warning: ignoring return
>>value of `copy_to_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hptproc.c:272: warning: ignoring return
>>value of `copy_to_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
>>In file included from /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/ioctl.c:6,
>> from /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt.c:131:
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/gui_lib.c: In function `get_array_info':
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/gui_lib.c:271: warning: ISO C90 forbids
>>mixed declarations and code
>> LD [M] /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt37x2.o
>> Building modules, stage 2.
>> MODPOST
>>Warning: could not find /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/.raid.obj.cmd for
>>/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/raid.obj
>>
>>
>
>Note the message above.
>
>
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>>*** Warning: "scsi_to_pci_dma_dir"
>>[/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt37x2.ko] undefined!
>>
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>
>And that one.
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>> CC /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt37x2.mod.o
>> LD [M] /usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt37x2.ko
>>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).6.12/linux-2 (See http://nux-2.ora-code.com).6.12'
>>[root@(protected) drivers]# modprobe sd_mod
>>[root@(protected) drivers]# insmod ./hpt37x2.o
>>insmod: error inserting './hpt37x2.o': -1 Invalid module format
>>
>>
>
>First off, Mark, 2.6 kernels use ".ko" modules, not ".o" modules, so
>your forced "insmod ./htp37x2.o" is invalid. If there's a "htp37x2.ko"
>module, try to insmod that instead.
>
>Second, it looks suspiciously like the .ko has an issue with an
>undefined global, "scsi_to_pci_dma_dir" as denoted in the second line
>I said to not. This may be caused by the missing file mentioned in the
>first line I said to note. I don't know if it's fatal or not.
>
>As I said, if there's a ".ko" module, insmod that and see if things
>work.
>
>
I send an email to the company's tech support asking about the undefined
global "scsi_to_pci_dma_dir". I also asked them about the .ko module.
I will let you know what they say.
Thanks Rick for your help on this.
Mark.
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