Highpoint IDE Raid Card

Tue Feb 14 19:53:46 UTC 2006

On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 13:41 -0500, Mark McCulligh wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 20:52 -0500, Mark McCulligh wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Rick Stevens wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 18:36 -0500, Mark McCulligh wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>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-2.6.4-52-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-2.6.12-1-1381_FC3.src.rpm
> >>>>cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
> >>>>rpmbuild -bp --target=i586 kernel-2.6.spec
> >>>>cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.12/linux-2.6.12/configs
> >>>>cp kernel-2.6.12-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-2.6.12/linux-2.6.12
> >>>>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-2.6.12/linux-2.6.12
> >>>	# 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 at calonweb003 drivers]# make KERNELDIR=/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.12/linux-2.6.12 RR1520=0
> >>cp -f raid.o raid.obj
> >>make -C /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.12/linux-2.6.12 SUBDIRS=`pwd`
> >>modules
> >>make[1]: Entering directory
> >>`/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.12/linux-2.6.12'
> >>  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.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>*** Warning: "scsi_to_pci_dma_dir"
> >>[/usr/local/src/highpoint/drivers/hpt37x2.ko] undefined!
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >And that one.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>  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-2.6.12/linux-2.6.12'
> >>[root at calonweb003 drivers]# modprobe sd_mod
> >>[root at calonweb003 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.

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