Hello

Installing Slack 11 I chose ataraid:i kernel
hoping it would work with my FastTrackTX4000 controller.

It didn't. It just sees the controller as an ordinary IDE card.

I then tried to compile the Promise ft3xx.o . module And it worked.

Then I am unable to insert it.
insmod output: ft3xx: init_moule: No such device.


Whatever the reason may be They say in the Promise Module Compiling read me
to insert previously scsi_mod.o module.

I cant find this module in my ssytem. What can I do to add this and other
scsi modules

That is strange there is no scsi_mod.o for my hardware tx4000 controller
was recognised as scsi
since I have sda and sdb disks.

Well, what to o to get this moules?

P.S. If I am to recompile the kernel what exactly i have to change?

Thanks

Thank you

"serge" <serge_mtu@mtu-net.ru> wrote:
> I then tried to compile the Promise ft3xx.o . module And it worked.

I have no experience from that hardware myself but will try to help
anyway.

> Then I am unable to insert it.
> insmod output: ft3xx: init_moule: No such device.

To me that error sounds like the module was unable to find its hardware.
Do you have any such card in your machine? Are you sure that you did
compile the right module?

> Whatever the reason may be They say in the Promise Module Compiling read
> me to insert previously scsi_mod.o module.

If you load a module with modprobe instead of insmod those dependency
problems will be solved automagically. However, this assumes that you have
installed the module properly so that depmod was run.

On the other hand, if the module were properly installed and you are using
hotplug in Slackware 11 you shouldn't even have to worry about modprobe.
With hotplug all modules for your hardware are automagically loaded.

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serge wrote:

> Installing Slack 11 I chose ataraid:i kernel
> hoping it would work with my FastTrackTX4000 controller.

for kernel 2.6.18 /drivers/scsi you can see FastTrak TX4000 in
sata_promise.c so you have to install and recompile 2.6.18.x using 2.6
..config from slackware 11.0 cd and say y on:
Device Drivers --->
SCSI device support --->
SCSI low-level drivers --->
Promise SATA TX2/TX4 support

see also slackware-11.0 cd /kernels/SATA-SUPPORT.TXT
and search for sata_promise.