AHA-29160 in SPARC-Server

[Mischa Simon]

mischa at zeus:~$ modprobe aic79xx
mischa at zeus:~$ modprobe aic7xxx
FATAL: Module aic7xxx not found.
mischa at zeus:~$ 

is everything I get. :-(

So I need to compile a new kernel module? :-(

Am Donnerstag, den 11.10.2007, 17:14 -0400 schrieb Jonathan Hirschman:
> Sorry, tired today. The stuff below is wrong.
> 
> Try: 
> 
> modprobe aic79xx
> modprobe aic7xxx
> 
> good luck.
> 
> jh
> 
> Jonathan Hirschman wrote:
> > Mischa Simon wrote:
> >   
> >> "lsmod | grep aic" returns nothing.
> >> i downloaded the source od the driver from adaptec. How can i "install"
> >> them?
> >>   
> >>     
> >
> > You should have what you need right now, nothing to install.
> >
> > try:
> >
> > modprobe 79xx
> >
> > or
> >
> > modprobe 7xxx
> >
> > One or the other should work. Otherwise you need to compile a new kernel 
> > module, and that's a real hassle :) See if the built-in stuff works first.
> >
> > jh
> >   
> >> The boy has an OpenBoot bios. I found that openBoot is like
> >> openFirmware...
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Mischa
> >>
> >> Am Donnerstag, den 11.10.2007, 15:36 -0400 schrieb Jonathan Hirschman:
> >>   
> >>     
> >>> Mischa Simon wrote:
> >>>     
> >>>       
> >>>> Hi everyone,
> >>>>
> >>>> I bought a used Sun Enterprise 250 and installed my Adaptec AHA-29160 as
> >>>> second SCSI card and installed Ubuntu 7.04 for Sparc on drive0
> >>>> (/dev/sda) attached to the first (internal) SCSI device. 
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> but there should be two more Seagate hdds present (attached to the
> >>>> AHA-29160). 
> >>>>
> >>>> How can I tell my ubuntu that there is a second scsi card installed and
> >>>> load the driver and the drives?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>       
> >>>>         
> >>> Is the correct (or any) driver module loaded?
> >>>
> >>> Try:
> >>>
> >>> lsmod | grep aic
> >>>
> >>> Anything loaded? What happens if you try one of the aic drivers 
> >>> (aic7xxx, aic79xx)?
> >>>
> >>> If that works, you just need to put the proper entries in /etc/modules.
> >>>
> >>> If that doesn't work, is it possible that the card is not initializing 
> >>> correctly due to the fact that it is placed in a non-x86 box and the 
> >>> BIOS isn't used? I'm just guessing with that, i have no experience with 
> >>> Sparc based stuff.
> >>>
> >>> jh
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>>       
> >>   
> >>     
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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