From: Michael Folsom (mwfolsom_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2007 - 00:37:51 CEST
Message-ID: <ea5f6c090707111537q6bce6cd9r52a8265ef344ef42@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:37:51 -0600 From: "Michael Folsom" <mwfolsom@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] Is there a 3ware 9650 driver in SLES10 x86-64 SP1?
Oophs!!!!!!!
Just checked 3ware's web site and if you follow this link:
http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=14546
You will get a huge table - about half way down the page you will find
that modules are available for both SLES10 SP1 x86 and SLES10 SP1
x86_64 running the 2.6.16.46-0.12 kernel.
Now - since there is already a kernel upgrade for SP1 out there that
will take it to 2.6.16.46-0.14 I'm curious if the system will just
"reuse/recompile" that 3ware module and it will work for the
latest/greatest kernel as SLES10 SP1 continues to be patched/upgraded?
Or, will you need to be prepared to supply a new module with each
kernel upgrade.
Thanks -
Michael
On 7/11/07, Michael Folsom <mwfolsom@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks -
>
> I've already done you're 3rd suggestion - ask 3ware to supply an updated driver.
>
> One more question - what's a kmp? (k = kernel m = module? p = ?)
> And, how does it prevent upgrade woes?
>
>
> Thanks -
>
>
> M-
>
>
> On 7/11/07, Rasmus Plewe <rplewe@suse.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:20:55PM -0600, Michael Folsom wrote:
> > > Just got a small sata raid in with 8 drives connected to a 3ware
> > > 9650SE controller on a Tyan h2000M (S3992) motherboard - system has 4
> > > gb or ram and 2 dual core opterons. (nice little box!)
> > >
> > > Anyway, trouble is that the 64 bit versions of SLES10 SP1 does not
> > > recognize the controller. From 3ware's web site it says ----
> > >
> > > "Linux 2.6.19 kernel or greater includes a driver for the 9650SE
> > > and 7000/8000/9500S/9550SX/9590SE series controllers"
> > >
> > > Now I had understood that one of the good things that came with SP1
> > > was a back-port of the sata and scsi stuff from the 2.6.20 kernel into
> > > the SLES10 kernel. My question is - did they also include the
> > > drivers?
> > >
> > > Basically what happens is when I boot the system from the SP1 dvd the
> > > install process starts up and announces that it can't find any hard
> > > drives even though a +/- 2TB raid 5 exists. (I know it works because
> > > the company that built it put SLES10 x86-64 on it and it boots and
> > > runs fine! However, I hate the partitions they made!)
> > >
> > > Now the card did come with a driver disk that supports SLES10 x86-64
> > > but importing kernel mods during an install of Suse is not fun
> > > (frankly it usually doesn't work for me) and it sets you up for
> > > problems if some well meaning soul ever does a upgrade of the system.
> > > Also, I'm not sure if that module will even work with SP1 - which
> > > could make patching wonderful!
> > >
> > > Does anybody have any clue how I can find out if the driver for the
> > > 9650SE card is included in SP1?
> >
> > I suppose the driver disk supporting SLES10 contains a KMP. In that
> > case, booting from a SLES10 medium and chosing to include an Add On CD
> > should work just fine (a KMP prevents you from trouble in case of
> > updates, too). However, mixing a SLES10 KMP with a SLES10 SP1
> > installation might not work, in that case you would need to ask the
> > vendor (3ware) for an updated driver disk.
> >
> > We did include/backport some externals drivers into SP1 that were
> > shipped as KMPs with SLES10 - they can be recognized by things suddenly
> > working without an external driver disk. This seems not to be the case
> > in your case.
> >
> > I would recommend to try the following in the following order:
> > - update the (apparently) existing SLES10 system using the online
> > updating method.
> > - install SP1 using the SLES10 Add On CD
> > - ask 3ware to supply an updated driver disk.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rasmus
> > --
> > Rasmus Plewe --- Linux Beta Test Coordinator
> > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
> > Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg
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