linux-kernel - Re: HP server and atto driver from hell

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:29:04 -0800 (AKDT)
From:	"Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@...y-dragons.com>
To:	Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@...rite.de>
cc:	Linux Kernel Maillist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: HP server and atto driver from hell

 	Hello Ralf ,  Fyi ,  the fusion/mpt driver supports some of the ATTO 
devices ,  if your lspci -v for the ATTO controllers looks simular to this one 
it may just work with the fusion drivers .
 	Hth ,  JimL

# lspci -v -s 0d:04.0
0d:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Atto Technology Ultra320 SCSI Host Adapter (rev 08)
         Subsystem: Atto Technology Unknown device 8027
         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 16
         I/O ports at 5000 [size=256]
         Memory at d8640000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
         Memory at d8600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
         Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
         Capabilities: [68] PCI-X non-bridge device



On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> We thought HP would be a smart choice when it comes to Linux,..
> Until now, because now we have to use a PCI Express SCSI card that
> comes with a proprietary driver that won't even compile.
>
> When I untar the lnx_drv_epciu320_107.tar.gz and try to compile the
> glue between the binary blob and the kernel, I get:
>
> c# make -k modules
> Architecture is i386 (x86_regparm)
> make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.25'
>  CC [M]  /usr/src/lnx_drv_epciu320_107/src/atto_cfg.o
>  /usr/src/lnx_drv_epciu320_107/src/atto_cfg.c: In function ‘attocfg_read_version’: /usr/src/lnx_drv_epciu320_107/src/atto_cfg.c:258: error: ‘struct device_driver’ has no member named ‘kobj’
> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/lnx_drv_epciu320_107/src/atto_cfg.o] Error 1
>  CC [M]  /usr/src/lnx_drv_epciu320_107/src/oswrap.o
>  /usr/src/lnx_drv_epciu320_107/src/oswrap.c: In function ‘express2_attocfg_register’: /usr/src/lnx_drv_epciu320_107/src/oswrap.c:908: error: ‘struct device_driver’ has no member named ‘kobj’
> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/lnx_drv_epciu320_107/src/oswrap.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Target __build' not remade because of errors.
> make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/lnx_drv_epciu320_107/src] Error 2
> make[1]: Target modules' not remade because of errors.
> make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.25'
> make: *** [modules] Error 2
>
> in atto_cfg.c:
>
>   258          if (this_drvr->kobj == &driver->kobj)
>   259          {
>   260              if (this_drvr->read_version)
>   261                  return (*this_drvr->read_version) (driver, buffer);
>   262              else
>   263                  return 0;
>   264          }
>
> and in oswrap.o:
>
>   905                  return NULL;
>   906      }
>   907
>   908      return &atto_pci_driver.driver.kobj;
>   909  }
>   910
>
>
>

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