AHA-29160 in SPARC-Server

[Jonathan Hirschman]

Mischa Simon wrote:
> 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? :-(
>
>   
aic79xx should pick up your card. Did you see if it did?

If it didn't, then yes, compiling a new kernel module is the next thing 
to try.

jh

> 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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