how to recompile driver for STSA card

ufmale · 04-24-2008, 12:14 AM

I have a STSA card from siliconimage (si3124)
http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=27

I want to use install fedora 8 on my computer and use this card, but the driver is not available on the siliconimage website. I install this card on a redhat machine using si3124.ko driver and it works fine. How do I get the driver for this card that works on fedora 8?

knudfl · 04-24-2008, 05:49 AM

http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html#sil24

Quote:

Silicon Image 3124/3124-2 (chip in 4-port SATA-II PCI-X cards) and 3132 (chip in 2-port SATA-II PCI Express cards) (Silicon Image, Inc., formerly CMD Technology, Inc.) — libata's sata_sil24 driver (production quality) supports Silicon Image 3124 (2005-08) and also the follow-on 2-port PCI Express SATA-II successor chip, the Silicon Image 3132. (Per 2004-07-08's libata status report, Silicon Image provided Garzik with docs and sample hardware.)

The 'sata_sil24.ko' is included in f8
(/lib/modules/2.6.23.1-42.fc8/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.ko)

Good luck!

ufmale · 04-24-2008, 11:59 AM

How do I find out if it is also available on Redhat El5 and Centos 5?
I remembered try to use the CentOs 5, but it did not have the driver and I did not know how to include the driver or rebuild them.

knudfl · 04-25-2008, 04:23 AM

Included in several distros since 2004, I guess.
Else, if not installed find the kernelpackage e.g. kernel-2.6.18-8.SEL5.i686.rpm
(e.g. is similar, distro StartCom5, have it on DVD)
Make a filelist with: 'rpm -qpvl kernel-2.6.18-8.SEL5.i686.rpm > filelist.txt'
And 'grep sata_sil24 ./*' or 'find . -name sata_sil24*'
If you are doing your search on something already installed:
'find /usr/lib/modules -name sata_sil24*'
(Result of my "grep" is:/lib/modules/2.6.18-8.SEL5/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.ko
should be the same as EL5 and CentOS5)