Slack 9.1 and the scsi kernel usb.s

stf92 · 02-06-2012, 07:29 AM

Kernel 2.4.22, Slackware 9.1

Hi: Slack 9.1 consists of a set of four disks. I've got all of them. Now, reading the Slackware_HOWTO I see that, in the list of available kernels there is usb.s. I looked up the image in the whole set and couldn't find it. Is this possible?

allend · 02-06-2012, 08:03 AM

I do not think that there was a usb.i or usb.s in Slackware 9.1. Support for USB was handled by hotplug.
From the Changelog leading up to Slackware 9.0:

Quote:

Fri Aug 30 14:19:08 PDT 2002
We're happy to announce the initial Slackware-9.0-beta based on gcc-3.2. :-)
...
a/hotplug-2002_08_26-noarch-1.tgz: Added hotplug-2002_08_26. These are
scripts to automatically initialize PCI, Cardbus, and USB devices when
they are plugged into the system or at boot time. Cardbus modules are
now loaded by hotplug rather than pcmcia-cs.

stf92 · 02-08-2012, 01:18 AM

Thanks a lot.

stf92 · 02-11-2012, 05:15 PM

From Slackware-HOWTO, disk 1, slackware 9.1, written by Patrick Volkerding himself:

Code:

Then, the SCSI kernels (these also support IDE):


    adaptec.s          This kernel supports most Adaptec SCSI controllers,
                       including these models:
                       AHA-1510, AHA-1520, AHA-1522, AHA-1522, AHA-1740,
                       and AHA-2825.  The AIC7xxx models, which include the
                       274x EISA cards; 284x VLB cards; 2902, 2910, 293x,
                       294x, 394x, 3985 and several other PCI and motherboard
                       based SCSI controllers from Adaptec.  This kernel
                       also supports all of Adaptec's I2O based RAID
                       controllers as well as the DPT SmartRaid V cards.
                       In addition, drivers for OEM Adaptec RAID controllers
                       used by HP and Dell, and Adaptec branded AAC964/5400
                       RAID controllers are also included.

    ibmmca.s           This is a kernel which supports MicroChannel
                       Architecture, found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
                       laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA.
                       Support for most MCA SCSI, Ethernet, and Token Ring
                       adapters is included.

    raid.s             This is a kernel with support for some hardware SCSI
                       and IDE RAID controllers.  The installer now has
                       preliminary support for these controllers as well.  The
                       drivers included are:
                         3ware Hardware ATA-RAID controllers.
                         AMI MegaRAID 418, 428, 438, 466, 762, 490
                         and 467 SCSI host adapters.
                         Compaq Smart Array controllers.
                         Compaq Smart Array 5xxx controllers.
                         Highpoint 370 IDE RAID.
                         Promise Fasttrak(tm) IDE RAID.
                         IBM ServeRAID hardware RAID controllers.
                         Mylex DAC960, AcceleRAID, and eXtremeRAID controllers.
                       Many of these controllers will require some degree of
                       do-it-yourself setup before and/or after installation.

    scsi.s             This is a SCSI kernel with support for various
                       controllers.  Note that this kernel does not include
                       Adaptec support any longer -- you must use the adaptec.s
                       kernel for that.
                       This kernel supports these SCSI controllers:
                         AdvanSys SCSI support (supports all AdvanSys SCSI
                           controllers, including some SCSI cards included with
                           HP CD-R/RW drives, the Iomega Jaz Jet SCSI controller,
                           and the SCSI controller on the Iomega Buz multimedia
                           adapter)
                         AM53/79C974 PCI SCSI support
                         BusLogic SCSI support
                         EATA ISA/EISA/PCI (DPT and generic EATA/DMA-compliant
                           boards) support
                         Generic NCR5380/53c400 SCSI support
                         Initio 91XXU(W) and Initio 91XXU(W) support
                         NCR53c406a SCSI support
                         NCR53c7,8xx SCSI support
                         SYM53C8XX Version 2 SCSI support
                         Qlogic ISP SCSI support
                         Qlogic QLA 1280 SCSI support

    scsi2.s            This is a SCSI kernel with support for various
                       controllers not supported by scsi.s.
                       This kernel supports these SCSI controllers:
                         Western Digital 7000FASST SCSI support
                         ACARD 870U/W SCSI host adapter support
                         Always IN2000 SCSI support
                         Compaq Fibre Channel 64-bit/66Mhz HBA support
                         Domex DMX3191D SCSI Host Adapters
                         DTC 3180/3280 SCSI Host Adapters
                         EATA-DMA [Obsolete] (DPT, NEC, AT&T, SNI, AST,
                           Olivetti, Alphatronix) support
                         EATA-PIO (old DPT PM2001, PM2012A) support
                         Future Domain 16xx SCSI/AHA-2920A support
                         Intel/ICP (former GDT SCSI Disk Array) RAID
                           Controller support
                         NCR53c710 based SCSI host adapters
                         NCR53C8XX SCSI support
                         PAS16 SCSI support
                         PCI2000I EIDE interface card
                         PCI2220i EIDE interface card
                         PSI240i EIDE interface card
                         Qlogic FAS SCSI support
                         QLogic ISP FC (ISP2100 SCSI-FCP) support
                         Seagate ST01/ST02, Future Domain TMC-885/950 SCSI
                           support.
                         SYM53c416 SCSI host adapter
                         Tekram DC390(T), DawiControl 2974 and some onboard
                           PCnet (Am53/79C974) controllers based on the
                           Am53C974A chipset
                         UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI-2 host adapters

    speakup.s          This is the scsi.s (standard SCSI) kernel with support
                       added for Speakup.  Speakup provides access to Linux
                       for the visually impaired community.  It does this by
                       sending console output to a number of different
                       hardware speech synthesizers.  It provides access to
                       Linux by making screen review functions available.
                       For more information about speakup and its drivers
                       check out http://www.linux-speakup.org.
                       To use this, you'll need to specify one of the
                       supported synthesizers on the boot prompt:
                           speakup.s speakup_synth=synth
                       where 'synth' is one of the supported speech
                       synthesizers:
                         acntpc, acntsa, apolo, audptr, bns, decext, dectlk,
                         dtlk, ltlk, spkout, txprt

    speakup2.s         This is the scsi2.s with Speakup support.

    speakaha.s         This is the adaptec.s with Speakup support.

    usb.s              This kernel is the same as the scsi.s kernel, but adds
                       built-in support for USB to allow installing on machines
                       with USB keyboards.

    usb2.s             This is the scsi2.s kernel with USB support.

    usbaha.s           This is the adaptec.s kernel with USB support.


You'll want to choose a kernel from the list that supports your
installation media (such as a CD-ROM drive) and the hard drive you'll be
installing to.  For example, to install from an IDE CD-ROM drive to an IDE
hard drive, you'd use the bare.i kernel.  Or, for a system with an NCR
53c810 SCSI controller, SCSI CD-ROM, and SCSI hard drive, you'd use either
the scsi.s or scsi2.s kernel (since they each have an NCR driver).

Once you've entered your kernel choice and hit ENTER, the kernel and
install program will load from the CD-ROM, and you'll arrive at the Linux
login prompt.  (You're running Linux now.  Congratulations!  :-)

As you can see, there should be a directory /kernels/scsi.s in disk 1 (slack 9.1). But there is not.

onebuck · 02-11-2012, 06:10 PM

Hi,

'bootdisks/' is where you will find the image.

stf92 · 02-11-2012, 06:44 PM

I'm terribly sorry. I meant usb.s and not scsi.s. usb.s is an scsi kernel with support for USB. Not an image to put in a USB stick or the like.

onebuck · 02-11-2012, 08:01 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

I'm terribly sorry. I meant usb.s and not scsi.s. usb.s is an scsi kernel with support for USB. Not an image to put in a USB stick or the like.

I believe you will not find that image. I really do not remember ever seeing that image other than a mention in the docs.

I have noticed that you have been working with earlier Slackware versions. Why the interest? Just curious!

stf92 · 02-11-2012, 08:39 PM

I run 12.0 ever since it was released. Now, to put 9.1 in one other machine I have, I consider it an opportunity to study slack through a simpler instance of it. The simpler or less complex the model, the larger portion of it I can understand, I think.

I wanted USB on the 9.1 machine as a communication link with the 12.0 machine (just a flash memory stick and pluging and unpluging many times). This, until I get a trivial piece of hardware that I need on the 9.1 to have Ethernet working.

As to the non existence of the usb kernel image, in spite of being very explicitly mentioned in the docs, I think it's an inconsistency in the documentation, unless it can be considered as errata: I quote from the earlier quote:

Code:

usb.s              This kernel is the same as the scsi.s kernel, but adds
                       built-in support for USB to allow installing on machines
                       with USB keyboards.

allend · 02-11-2012, 11:22 PM

Quote:

As to the non existence of the usb kernel image, in spite of being very explicitly mentioned in the docs, I think it's an inconsistency in the documentation

Yes, you are right about the inconsistency.
There is no usb.s in Slackware 9.1 as you can determine from looking at FILELIST.TXT, which I consider to be a more definitive source than the Slackware-HOWTO.

stf92 · 02-12-2012, 12:38 AM

You are right! Don't understand how it did not come to my mind alghough I would have needed a confirmation like yours, all the same, to be quite sure.

This 9.1 seemed to me such a nice thing. I wonder, could USB support be added via loadable modules?