Christoph Hellwig writes: On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 05:39:03PM +0800, Richard Cai wrote: >>
I am using intel SE7501WV2 server, with a AIC 7902(A) SCSI control , >>
a320raid driver. OS is redhat 8.0 , kernel is 2.4.18-14. if I run lsmod, >>
it showes the a320raid module is right. Now I want to recompile to >>
kernel , but every time when I run the command make install, it will >>
prompt : "No module a320raid found for kernel 2.4.18-14custom " . Who >>
can lead me a right way ? thanks. >
There's never been an a320raid module in the kernel tree. Try to find >
out where you got it from and ask them for the driver source.
The driver is from Adaptec, and contains proprietary RAID code, and was release as a binary only.
You have three options:
1) Risky, recompile using a `standard' RH configuration name (ie: drop custom) or be willing to do a forced load of the module, ignore the error or circumvent it, and reuse the distributed a320raid module as-is. If internal kernel structures change with your custom config, you will be SOL.
2) Acquire the emd driver in combination with aic79xx. Emd reads the RAID metadata from the drives. Emd was released by Adaptec (Justin Gibbs) as reported in the raid list last year and is a public domain replacement for the a320raid driver.
3) Drop the driver arrays and minimize your data losses, turn off HostRAID mode on the adapter and use the aic79xx driver. If you need the arrays, transition to one of dm, md or emd software RAID drivers. Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn
