Big Problem with 3ware 9550sx compiling

rook001 · 03-13-2006, 02:01 PM

Hi,
ive got some big problems with my 3ware 9550sx sata raidcontroller.
Ive downloaded an modded installer for debian sarge kernel 2.4
which includes the 3ware drivers to install direct on the raid.

My Problem now is, i dont have highmem support, so the kernel accepts only 1GB of RAM.
I need to recompile the kernel with highmem support, but after reboot with the new kernel i get an kernel panic while trying to load files.

I downloaded the sources for kernel 2.4 for the 3ware raidcard, but im not sure what to do with em.
The only thing i done with the files was
"Make -f Makefile.rh" which gives me an 3w***.h, 3w***.o and 3w***.c.
I copied the files into the folder:
/usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi
but i dont find the module in the scsi drivers in menuconfig.
These steps i done:

Code:

apt-get update && apt-get -u upgrade 
apt-get install kernel-source-2.4* 
ln -s /src/usr/kernel-source* /usr/src/linux 
make -f Makefile.rh (3ware sources) 
// 3Ware source copy 
cp 3xx.* /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/ 
make dep clean 
make oldconfig 
make menuconfig 
// I dont find any 3x9 module under the scsi tab
// In Processortype ive chosen highmem support and 4GB RAM support
make dep clean 
make vmImage 
make modules 
make modules-install 
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/vmImage /boot/testkernel 
// configured grub

Reboot "Kernel panic"
Please can anybody help me, i´ve red alot of kernelcompiling, but i cant find a solution, iam very new to linux.
Thx!!

Finlay · 03-13-2006, 02:25 PM

this device is supported in kernel with 2.6.x
can you get 2.6 for debian?

tangle · 03-13-2006, 02:28 PM

Do you know what the error was that causes the kernel panic? I had that problem before when I did not include Reiserfs (which is my partition type). I would get an error saying could not mount the file system or something along those lines.

rook001 · 03-14-2006, 02:11 AM

I dont use reiserfs, i use use ext2 on all partitions.
Im not sure how to compile from 2.4 to 2.6, but it also have to work with 2.4 kernel because i have the source drivers but i dont know how to merge them into my .config for compiling the new kernel, iam trying so since so many days, it would be very cool if someone could give me a hand, there must be someone out which have an 3ware card on a debian sarge 2.4 kernel.
Thx!

rook001 · 03-14-2006, 03:06 AM

This is the error i get during boot:
modprobe: modprobe: Can´t open dependicies file /lib/modules/2.4.27/modules.dep (no such file or directory)
modprobe: modprobe: Can´t open dependicies file /lib/modules/2.4.27/modules.dep (no such file or directory)
modprobe: modprobe: Can´t open dependicies file /lib/modules/2.4.27/modules.dep (no such file or directory)
modprobe: modprobe: Can´t open dependicies file /lib/modules/2.4.27/modules.dep (no such file or directory)
modprobe: modprobe: Can´t open dependicies file /lib/modules/2.4.27/modules.dep (no such file or directory)
modprobe: modprobe: Can´t open dependicies file /lib/modules/2.4.27/modules.dep (no such file or directory)
/sbin/init:432:cannot open dev/console: no such file
kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

rook001 · 03-14-2006, 06:30 AM

OK, ive downloaded the 2.6 sources and compiled them , the 2.6 sources includes the 3ware modules, but i receive the same error as with the 2.4 sources.

Finlay · 03-14-2006, 11:14 AM

take the basic config file from your 2.4 source, before any editing.
then copy it to the /usr/scr/2.6X/.config
then run
make oldconfig
i have that controller, works great on 2.6