HP Adaptec HostRAID SHIM Linux (aad81xx driver)
Dario Lesca
d.lesca at solinos.it
Thu Feb 22 16:32:29 UTC 2007
Hi,
is this controller supported whit fc6 (or fc7)?
> http://download.adaptec.com/raid/aar/linux/aar81xx-openbuild-b11949.i386.tar.gz
There is a "KNOW ISSUE" (see the attach readme file) for which it does
not is supported on fc5 ....
Someone can tell me some suggest?
Many thanks!
> -------------------------------------
> Adaptec HostRAID SHIM Linux readme
> 9/29/06
> -------------------------------------
>
>
> The following information is available in this file:
>
> 1. Overview
> 2. Recompile Process Outline
> 3. Known Issues
>
>
> 1. Overview
> ------------
>
> The SHIM (Adaptec HostRAID re-compilable package ) code model allows the end user
> to recompile the code for Adaptec HostRAID without requiring access to Adaptec closed
> source RAID code. The proprietary code is supplied in a pre-compiled object module that
> can be linked to the recompiled source code to provide a fully functioning Linux device
> driver.
>
> This procedure can be used to recompile the SAS HostRAID driver (adp94xx) or
> the SATA2 drivers (aar81xx/adp3132). The SAS driver, adp94xx, supports the ASC-48300,
> ASC-44300 and ASC-58300 SAS controllers. The SATA2 driver, aar81xx, supports the AAR-1420SA
> and AAR-1430SA controllers and adp3132 supports AAR-1220SA Controller.
>
> Adaptec has tested this recompile procedure ONLY on the following Linux kernel streams:
>
> RedHat RHEL 3
> RedHat RHEL 4
> SUSE SLES9
> SUSE SLES10
> Fedora Core 4
>
> Support for other Linux streams may be attempted by the user, but Adaptec does not provide
> any support for such applications.
>
> Linux device driver recompilation is something that should only be attempted by Linux experts.
> This procedure is not intended to be a step-by-step guide for the novice user. The user may
> need to modify these procedure to fit their specific application.
>
> In the instructions that follow, the following terms are used:
> - target system refers to the system on which the driver will be USED.
> - compile system refers to the system on which the COMPILE will occur.
> - target kernel refers to the kernel version which the recompile supports.
>
> Note that the recompile can be done on any suitable system. The compile system does not need to
> run the target kernel, nor does it need to have the target adapter (SAS or SATA2) installed.
>
> Obviously, the target system must have the required adapter (SAS or SATA2) and must support
> the target kernel.
>
>
> 2. Recompile Process Outline
> -----------------------------
> ....
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>
>
> 3. Known issues
> ---------------
>
> Fedora Core 5 is not supported, because of the GPL License definition issue within the Fedora
> Core 5 kernel, driver compiled for Fedora Core 5 kernel will contain an undefined variable and
> thus is not able to initiate itself.
>
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> (c) 2006 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Dario Lesca <d.lesca at solinos.it>
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