Bug#690100: hpsa: HP SmartArray

 
>On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 10:49:59AM -0500, Maarten Horikx wrote: 
>> Hello 
>> 
>>  I am sending this because is asked on the site: 
>> 
>>  http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog 
>> 
>>  For short: 
>>  The new kernel solves the problem. 
>> 
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>>  Installation with USB-disk 
>>  Extra usb disk only for the SAS controller driver: 
>> Mount the extra usbstick 
>> Bash# ls -la /dev/sd* 
>> Bash# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt 
>> Bash# /mnt/hpsa /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/scsi # replaced with line below. 

>I assume this command line began with 'cp -R'? 

My excuses: 
The correct line is: 
Bash# cp /mnt/hpsa.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/scsi

 
>> Bash# depmod -a >> Bash# modprobe -r hpsa >> Bash# modprobe hpsa hpsa_allow_any=1 >[...] >Does it work without the hpsa_allow_any=1 parameter?
This does NOT work without the "hpsa_allow_any=1" parameter.
I tried it 3 till 4 times. Every time I had to set the "hpsa_allow_any=1" parameter.
>Ben. But what I wanted to say was: The new kernel fixes the problem. No more manual loading of the module.
I just needed to load the module to get access to the disk, change /etc/apt/sources and get the new kernel.
The fstab was added to show it also works for root/boot volumes on LVM.
>Ben Hutchings >We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. > - Albert Camus