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highpoint IDE controller and 2.6 kernel

  • 30-01-2004 12:27pm
    #1
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,831 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Strange - my HPT370 RAID controller doesn't work with the 2.6 kernel.

    I only have one disk attached to it, NTFS formatted, with a bunch of stuff I have to find room for somewhere else. It worked perfectly with 2.2 and 2.4 kernels.

    Relevant dmesg stuff: 
    HPT370: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:13.0
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:13.0
HPT370: chipset revision 3
HPT37X: using 33MHz PCI clock
HPT370: 100% native mode on irq 11
    ide2: BM-DMA at 0xc800-0xc807, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:pio
    ide3: BM-DMA at 0xc808-0xc80f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
Module hpt366 cannot be unloaded due to unsafe usage in include/linux/module.h:483
    Normally it would go on to find a 30GB IBM 307030 at hde.

    Interestingly,immediately after this I see: 
    VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
VP_IDE: chipset revision 16
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686a (rev 22) IDE UDMA66 controller on pci0000:00:07.1
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
Module via82cxxx cannot be unloaded due to unsafe usage in include/linux/module.h:483
hdc: max request size: 128KiB
hdc: Host Protected Area detected.
        current capacity is 39102336 sectors (20020 MB)
        native  capacity is 39102337 sectors (20020 MB)
hdc: 39102336 sectors (20020 MB) w/1024KiB Cache, CHS=38792/16/63
    Interesting, no? The same "cannot be unloaded" message, but hdc (my main hard drive) works just fine. (I have optical drives on hda and hdb for cabling reasons.)

    Any idea what's going on?


Comments

  • #2
    slartibardfast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭slartibardfast


    eh I'm not 100% sure but I think some/many ide parts of the 2.6 kernel can't be built as modules. I'd try and compile it in instead. Maybe check out the lkml for posts about the highpoint module status.

    good luck,


  • #3
    Inspector Gadget
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Inspector Gadget


    I don't know for sure if it's relevant, but I had to get drivers from Highpoint for a HPT372 card I needed to get going on an RH9 box; I can't remember at this stage whether I had to compile them, or whether I downloaded RPMs (I know that a lot of people are pulling out holy water and garlic at the mention of RPMs, but anyway) - maybe something at http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/b370na.htm - for example, their "open source" driver - might help your cause?

    Gadget


  • #4
    slartibardfast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭slartibardfast


    Originally posted by Inspector Gadget
    http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/b370na.htm - for example, their "open source" driver - might help your cause?

    Unfortunately this driver is still 2.4 only, and is unlikely to be ported to 2.6, I recall something about ataraid not being used anymore.

    With only one disk keep trying with the stock kernel!


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