Re: [solved] Using of RedHat drivers in Debian
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 05:30:25PM +0300, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
> OK. It seems that I've solved this. In the case it will be interesting to anybody - here are some key points:
>
> 1. RedHat driver from Promise (FastTrack.o) is for RedHat kernel 2.4.18-3
> 2. My Debian box kernel is 2.4.18
> 3. depmod -e FastTrack.o gives me no unresolved symbols.
> 4. cp /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/scsi/advansys.o /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/scsi/advansys_.o
> (just in case)
> 5. cp FastTrack.o /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/scsi/advansys.o
There is no reason not to call it fasttrack.o.
Frank
> 6. insmod -f advansys
> (a lot of messages here)
> 7. fdisk /dev/sda1
> 8. mk2efs /dev/sda1
> 9. mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /raid
>
> Voila - it works. Feeling myself a cool hacker ;-)
>
> 10. Some steps to have it loaded on boot - it is not so complex.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vladimir.
>
> -----------------------
> Vladimir Kozlov,
> IDM Ltd.
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vladimir Kozlov
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:23 PM
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Using of RedHat drivers in Debian
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > We've just bought the Promise SX4000 ATA RAID card, but there
> > sre no drivers for Debian. There are drivers for
> > RedHat7.2/7.3, but I badly need to use this card in my Dual
> > Pentium with Debian Woody. So, the question is - it is
> > possible to use RedHat's driver in Debian? What kind of
> > difficulties could be with this (of course I am rady to
> > manually install and recompile kernel if necessary).
> > Unfortunately, there is no source for driver, just .o module.
> > If there is any thoughts - you are more than welcome...
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Vladimir.
> >
> > -----------------------
> > Vladimir Kozlov,
> > IDM Ltd.
> > http://www.idm.ru, Tel +7(095)5344221, Fax +7(095)5302275
> >
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