[wellylug] DTP SCSi card driver for SME server 7

Michael Dittmer michaeld at mercury-projects.co.nz
Tue Feb 28 09:48:30 NZDT 2006


Hi Peter

Have you tried asking on Contribs.Org? It is the home of SME server. I
also belong to a couple of the Development Mailing Lists if you would
like me to ask about your problem.

Michael 

-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz
[mailto:wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Peter Jones
Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2006 9:34 a.m.
To: 'Wellington Linux Users Group'
Subject: RE: [wellylug] DTP SCSi card driver for SME server 7



> -----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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