Hello!
I have a server setup currently running the 2.6.18 kernel and it is stable. But I need to upgrade, patch and configure a new kernel to get my gameserver to run smooth on this setup. My server is a Intel server 5000 running dual quad-core (new) xeons 2 GB ram and plenty of hdd.

As I said I need to configure my kernel to get the counterstrike:source servers running on it to run smoothly. With the current setup they do not get enough headroom to perform. So I am following a guide over at steampowered.com too get the kernel compiled and running. But the new kernel does not boot. It cannot find the hdd:s

So a couple of question about kernel configing. I have currently added all sata drivers into the kernel. Do I have to add those drivers (the once I need, of which I am not sure) to the kernel or can I have them as a module?

my second question is what drivers do I need. If I run lsmod -n I get this:
00:00.0 0600: 8086:25d8 (rev b1)
00:02.0 0604: 8086:25f7 (rev b1)
00:03.0 0604: 8086:25e3 (rev b1)
00:04.0 0604: 8086:25f8 (rev b1)
00:05.0 0604: 8086:25e5 (rev b1)
00:06.0 0604: 8086:25f9 (rev b1)
00:07.0 0604: 8086:25e7 (rev b1)
00:08.0 0880: 8086:1a38 (rev b1)
00:10.0 0600: 8086:25f0 (rev b1)
00:10.1 0600: 8086:25f0 (rev b1)
00:10.2 0600: 8086:25f0 (rev b1)
00:11.0 0600: 8086:25f1 (rev b1)
00:13.0 0600: 8086:25f3 (rev b1)
00:15.0 0600: 8086:25f5 (rev b1)
00:16.0 0600: 8086:25f6 (rev b1)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:2690 (rev 09)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2688 (rev 09)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2689 (rev 09)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:268a (rev 09)
00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:268b (rev 09)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:268c (rev 09)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev d9)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2670 (rev 09)
00:1f.1 0101: 8086:269e (rev 09)
00:1f.2 0106: 8086:2681 (rev 09)
00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:269b (rev 09)
01:00.0 0604: 8086:3500 (rev 01)
01:00.3 0604: 8086:350c (rev 01)
02:00.0 0604: 8086:3510 (rev 01)
02:02.0 0604: 8086:3518 (rev 01)
04:00.0 0200: 8086:1096 (rev 01)
04:00.1 0200: 8086:1096 (rev 01)
0c:0c.0 0300: 1002:515e (rev 02)

I have checked with this website: http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.cgi and added "ahci" (in device-> ->sata) when I added the sata drivers but which more do I need. There are several of "piix" options in the kernel and I added the once I thought I needed. Do I need them all or is that not part of the hdd:s?

I also found the "i2c-i801" and "i810_rng" and added them to the kernel but that did not seem to make much difference.

So I guess the bottom line is what do I need to add to the kernel config to boot this thing???

SATA support also requires SCSI support. Make sure you build that in as well.

Did you try starting with the config file from your running kernel?

I have this in the .config:

CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS=m
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_TGT=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NETLINK=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y

Am I missing anything?

I found this one:
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD:
Do not compile this driver as a module if your root file system
(the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI disk.
In this case, do not compile the driver for your SCSI host adapter
(below) as a module either.

it was set as a module, now it is set as Y.. I will try tomorrow and see if it works.. Anything else I might need?

I think that's it. If it doesn't work, post back here and I'll look into my config for you.

Would this be relevant ???.

Yup, I copied the config file from the /boot dir to .config.. but they changed the names or almost everything that has to do with SATA somewhere in between 2.6.18 and 2.6.20

Its probobly a related problem... its kinda stupid, acctually.. I just can't see why they would change the names.. sure change the names but leave the old names as reference so that we know what is what with the new names

Yeah, my mistake. Syg00 got it right on this one. For some reason I was thinking it was 2.6.17 when they changed it, not 2.6.19. Either fix it manually or use make menuconfig and reconfigure Device Drivers->Serial ATA...

And this is what I am having problems with right now..

I have not been able to test the kernel I made yesterday with scsi support but maybe tomorrow.. the server is on the other side of sweden.. ;P