[wellylug] DTP SCSi card driver for SME server 7
Peter Jones
PeterJ at indeserve.co.nz
Tue Feb 28 09:33:54 NZDT 2006
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ewen McNeill [mailto:wellylug at ewen.mcneill.gen.nz]
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2006 9:29 a.m.
> To: Wellington Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] DTP SCSi card driver for SME server 7
> The kernel module extension did change from .o (2.4 and
> previous) to .ko (2.5.something and later), which amongst
> other things represents (I
> believe) a somewhat different kernel module file layout.
>
> However kernel modules are tightly tied to the kernel for
> which they are compiled. They are effectively part of the
> kernel, just available to be loaded (or not loaded) depending
> on requirements.
>
> With a few exceptions it is not possible to take a kernel
> module compiled for one kernel version and use it with a
> different kernel version. Even between, eg, 2.6.8 and 2.6.9,
> or in many cases between a vendor X kernel and a vendor Y
> kernel. Certainly not between 2.4.xx and 2.6.xx.
>
> If your preferred distribution doesn't support your preferred
> hardware then you probably need to think seriously about
> changing one or the other of those (ie, different hardware or
> a different distribution; there are other distributions which
> still have DPT SCSI support). There are other ways around the
> problem (eg, compiling your own kernel as someone suggested)
> which could probably be made to work, but they are probably
> more challenging than you want to get into (amongst other
> things you'd need to do a very customised install, possibly
> not using the distro installer at all).
>
> Ewen
Thanks for the informative explanation. This is going to be well out of my
comfort zone.
I'll et the previous SME (v6) and see if that supports DPT, otherwise it's a
non starter
Peter
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