Patch for Adaptec SAS

Ben Collins bcollins at ubuntu.com
Fri Apr 28 12:46:38 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 10:03 +0200, Pablo Catalina wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> how can I add a patch to the Installation kernel of Ubuntu Dapper, the 
> kernel doesn't include the patch to work with Adaptec SAS Raid Controler.
> 
> There is a lot of IBM servers that have this controller and it is 
> imposible to install Ubuntu in that machines.
> 
> The patch is http://linux.adaptec.com/sas/ under a GPL License.
> 
> If it is not posible to apply the patch to the official kernel: Where 
> are the modules loaded in the installation in the Install CD? I found 
> the kernel and the initrd image but not the modules.

This is probably the same case as ipw3945. Don't want to include a new
driver this late in devel cycle, but since it's not touching existing
code, it's better than not having it in there (even if it turns out to
be a little broken).

The sas and aic94xx driver will be in the next upload.

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