RE: Driver installation
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Allums [mailto:mark@allums.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:28 PM
> To: 'Rares Aioanei'
> Subject: RE: Driver installation
>
> > >>> The Debian aacraid driver didn't support a 7805 card the last
> > >>> time I checked. I installed the driver from the Adaptec web
> > >>> site using alien and dkms. The driver was updated recently,
> > >>> and I tried to install the new version using the same methods.
> > >>> It works ok for the 3.2 kernel, but for the 3.10 kernel, I get
> > >>> compile errors when trying to build the kernel module.
> > >>>
> > >>> Have any of you installed the kernel module for an Adaptec
> > >>> product from official upstream source? Or is aacraid driver now
> > >>> up-to-date for the 7805 in the official Debian kernel, and if
> > >>> so, how do I go about switching to it?
> > >>>
> > >>> I can continue using the older driver for now, as dkms did its
> > >>> job building it for kernel 3.10, but newer is better as a
> > >>> rule.
> > >
> > >> What exact errors do you get when trying to compile?
> > >
> > >
> > > 1. convert aacraid-1.2.1.30300-dkms.noarch.rpm to a deb package
> > > with #alien --scripts 2. install it with gdebi (or dpkg -i) 3.
> > > convert dkms-2.2.0.3-1.noarch.rpm to .deb with #alien --scripts 4.
> > > install it with gdebi (I used --scripts option with alien.) 5.
> > > #dkms add -m aacraid -v 1.2.1.30300 (succeeded). 6. #dkms build -m
> > > aacraid -v 1.2.1.30300 (failed): Error! Bad return status for
> > > module build on kernel: 3.10-2-amd64 (x86_64) Consult
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/make.log for more
> > > information.
> > >
> > > contents of /var/lib/dkms/aacraid.1.2.1.30300/build/make.log:
> > >
> > > DKMS make.log for aacraid-1.2.1.30300 for kernel 3.10-2-amd64
> > > (x86_64) Sun Aug 25 01:05:23 CDT 2013 make -C
> > > /lib/modules/3.10-2-amd64/build
> > > M=/var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build modules make[1]: Entering
> > > directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.10-2-amd64' CC [M]
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.o
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.c:301:49: error:
> > > expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
> > > ‘__devinitdata’
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.c:3294:22: error:
> > > expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
> > > ‘aac_probe_one’
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.c:3772:23: error:
> > > expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before
> > > ‘aac_remove_one’
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.c:3806:14: error:
> > > ‘aac_pci_tbl’ undeclared here (not in a function)
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.c:3807:12: error:
> > > ‘aac_probe_one’ undeclared here (not in a function)
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.c:3808:2: error:
> > > implicit declaration of function ‘__devexit_p’
> > > [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.c:3808:25: error:
> > > ‘aac_remove_one’ undeclared here (not in a function)
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.c:3141:34: warning:
> > > ‘aac_driver_template’ defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
> > > /var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.c:376:1: error:
> > > ‘__mod_pci_device_table’ aliased to undefined symbol ‘aac_pci_tbl’
> > > cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[4]: ***
> > > [/var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build/linit.o] Error 1 make[3]:
> > > *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.2.1.30300/build] Error 2
> > > make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]:
> > > Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.10-2-amd64' make: ***
> > > [aacraid_dkms_build] Error 2
> > >
> > > Converting to .deb without using --scripts option also produces an
> > > error. The previous version installed without problems using the
> > > same steps. The difference is the original was built under kernel
> > > 3.2, while the new one is being built under 3.10. I have installed
> > > the correct kernel headers. The Nvidia proprietary driver (for
> > > instance) installs fine. The old driver works fine under 3.10
> > > thanks to dkms. I can continue to use build 30200 for now. (But
> > > of course, I would prefer to use the up-to-date 30300 August
> > > driver.)
> > >
> > > Thank you for your attention. Mark
> From: Rares Aioanei [mailto:debian.dev.list@gmail.com]
On 09/17/2013 08:57 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> >> From: Rares Aioanei [mailto:debian.dev.list@gmail.com] On
> >> 09/17/2013 07:57 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> >>> Does anyone but me have experience using Adaptec RAID cards?
>
> Tried this :
> http://www.adaptec.com/en-
> us/speed/raid/aac/linux/aacraid_debian_ubuntu_v1_2_1-30300_tgz.htm
> ?
No, and thank you! You'll note that the date shows it is quite recent (day
before yesterday). I had contacted Adaptec support and their response was
friendly but not immediately helpful. They said (paraphrasing) we are
looking into it and we'll get back to you. I may have done some good
bringing this issue to their attention.
Thanks for finding that for me, and I will try it soon and report back.
Thanks!
Mark
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