Re: Missing Driver isci
On Mon, 4 Mar 2013 16:00:31 -0800 (PST)
Mustafa Aldemir <m_aldemir@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I read that proprietary drivers were removed from Debian kernel
> 2.6.29 onwards, and this may be one of them.
>
> Do you think Wheezy version will work on it? I must be 100% sure
> before rebooting.
>
> bye,
> Mustafa
> http://mustafa.aldemir.net
>
>
Do you need the driver isci? Maybe not . . .
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Selim T. Erdogan <selim@alumni.cs.utexas.edu>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 1:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Missing Driver isci
>
> Mustafa Aldemir, 4.03.2013:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just tried upgrading my Debian server. During the update, I got a
> > message about a missing driver. Since it's a remote server, it will
> > be a disaster if it has a problem with ethernet driver. What should
> > I do before restarting to avoid problems?
> >
> > "Setting up linux-base (2.6.32-48squeeze1) ...
> > Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 (2.6.32-48squeeze1) ...
> > Running depmod.
> > Running update-initramfs.
> > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
> > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/isci/isci_firmware.bin
> > for module isci"
> >
> > best wishes...
> > Mustafa
> > http://mustafa.aldemir.net
>
> On my wheezy system here, running apt-file search isci_firmware.bin
> shows me that that file is in the firmware-linux-free package. And
> looking at the description for firmware-linux-free, I see
> "Intel C600 SAS/SATA controller default parameters, version 1.3
> (isci/isci_firmware.bin)"
>
> However, it looks like the squeeze version of firmware-linux-free
> doesn't include it, so you can try installing the wheezy version of
> that package (or alternatively, download the wheezy .deb, extract the
> firmware file you want, and put it in /lib/firmware/isci/ manually).
>
>
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