[Bug 607838] Re: 3w-sas driver

[Robert Hardy]

Note: for dkms to work reliably you must do this:
echo 3w-sas >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

I'm not sure what happened but starting with 2.6.32-25-server dkms now
refuses to install the 3w-sas.ko module anywhere except
/lib/modules/2.6.32-*-server/updates/dkms/3w-sas.ko, despite my
dkms.conf explicitedly telling it to put the module in
/lib/modules/2.6.32-*server/kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-sas.ko. If it doesn't
put it in the latter update-initramfs ignores it and that system fails
to boot the next reboot into a new initramfs... VERY annoying when your
recovery disks don't have the raid driver... If you update /etc
/initramfs-tools/modules as above it see the file in
/lib/modules/2.6.32-*-server/update/dkms/.

This issue is a huge pain in the behind. I really which Ubuntu would
include the stable 3w-sas driver in it's kernels. I would be happy to
upgrade to Maverick and its kernels to get built in support, but for
some inexplicable reason the driver is not built standard there either.

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3w-sas driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607838
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