Wiki section "Building Only Kernel Modules" incomplete (was: FC9, "missing syscalls" kernel target, and Promise Fasttrak TX4650 controller)
Philip A. Prindeville
philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com
Tue Dec 23 00:02:17 UTC 2008
Ok, so the below thread has changed tracks... I started looking at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel?highlight=#Building_Only_Kernel_Modules
And saw, "*This section needs to be updated and fleshed out". Yes,
indeed. I'm trying to go by this section, but it's a little thin.
Who owns it? I'd like to work with them on figuring out what needs to
be added to make it useful.
Thanks,
-Philip
==== Original thread below ====
*Philip A. Prindeville wrote:
> Jerry Amundson wrote:
>> On 12/21/08, Jerry Amundson <jamundso at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/21/08, Philip A. Prindeville <philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was going to build an RPM for the modules for the Promise FastTrak
>>>> TX4650 PCI-e RAID controller for FC9.
>>>>
>>>> Their support website claims it's supported "in-box" in FC9, but it
>>>> turns out that's not true:
>>>>
>>>> $ lspci -v -s 02:00.0
>>>> 02:00.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. Unknown
>>>> device 3f20
>>>> Subsystem: Promise Technology, Inc. Unknown device 3f22
>>>> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
>>>> I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
>>>> I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
>>>> Memory at fbeff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>>>> Memory at fbec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
>>>> Memory at fbefc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
>>>> Expansion ROM at fbe80000 [disabled] [size=256K]
>>>> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>>>> Capabilities: [70] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
>>>> Capabilities: [94] SATA HBA <?>
>>>> Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
>>>> Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
>>>> Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-02-00-00-00
>>>> Capabilities: [170] Power Budgeting <?>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> so... I downloaded their drivers from their website:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.promise.com/upload/Support/Driver/FT%20TX4650-2650%20Linux%20Kernl%202.6%20PSC%20v1.1.0.12.tgz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (Yes, I realize it will taint my kernel... and it doesn't include
>>>> all of
>>>> the
>>>> source.)
>>>>
>>>> I tried to build it, but getting into the kernel directory:
>>>>
>>> Don't start there. Start with the README of the source you downloaded.
>>>
>>
>> And it looks like you'll some code fixing to get it to compile...
>> http://www.colinmackenzie.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12:promise-satasas-driver-update-tx4650tx2650&catid=8:rotator&Itemid=7
>>
>>
>> jerry
>>
>>
>
> I saw the more recent postings...
>
> My understanding is that the TX4650 has the RAID-5 XOR ASICs to
> accelerate the reed-solomon code calculations... hence my wanting to
> use this driver.
>
> I picked up the patches that you pointed me at (including "The
> Czar's", which was necessary to compile on 2.6.25 and subsequent)...
>
> Then I looked at:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel?highlight=#Building_Only_Kernel_Modules
>
>
>
> but had some questions about that.
>
> The example is a little thin. It doesn't explain what to do if you
> need to pass in extra C flags, extra include directories, or if your
> driver has several subdirectories that need to be compiled and linked
> together (or if it is a partial-source release, and has canned object
> files that also need to be linked in).
>
> Anyone have a real-life example that they can point me at that does this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Philip
>
>
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