Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Arthur Marsh wrote, on 28/11/08 17:02:
> > You could try older kernels.
>
> Yes, I'll try 2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 is the earliest Debian 2.6 
> kernel I can get hold of from my current archives)
>
> > http://grox.net/doc/linux/howto-OLD-VERSIONS/Module-HOWTO-html/Module-HOWTO-6.html 
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=472253
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/120426
> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=modprobe+eata&btnG=Search
>
> The sysrescuecd 0.30 beta that found the SCSI controller and hard disk 
> identified its kernel version as:
>
> Linux sysrescuecd 2.6.18.3-fd01 #1 Tue Dec 5 11:20:14 UTC 2006 i686 
> Pentium II (Klamath) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
>
> SCSI-related lines from the dmesg output of the sysrescuecd were:
>
> SCSI subsystem initialized
> Loading iSCSI transport class v1.1-646.Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 
> 2.4 Build 5go
> scsi: <fdomain> Detection failed (no card)
> Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver 8.1.9
> Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
> EATA0: wide SCSI support enabled, max_id 16, max_lun 8.
> EATA0: SCSI channel 0 enabled, host target ID 7.
> scsi2 : EATA/DMA 2.0x rev. 8.10.00
>   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> scsi 2:0:6:0: cmds/lun 16, unsorted, no tags.
> ipr: IBM Power RAID SCSI Device Driver version: 2.1.3 (March 29, 2006)
> SCSI device sda: 8466688 512-byte hdwr sectors (4335 MB)
> SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
> SCSI device sda: 8466688 512-byte hdwr sectors (4335 MB)
> SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
> sd 2:0:6:0: Attached scsi disk sda
> sd 2:0:6:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
>
> The current eata.c from 2.6.27 source on kernel-archive.buildserver.net 
> has:
>
> eata.c: .name = "EATA/DMA 2.0x rev. 8.10.00 "
>
> so it appears that the eata.c file hasn't changed significantly since 
> the working eata code built-in to the sysrescuecd kernel.
>
> I'll download the 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 kernel and try it.

The 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 kernel allowed me to modprobe eata and I
received similar messages to those quoted above.

The next newest kernel I can download is 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686.

Arthur.