2001-11-19 15:21:44

by S. Zimmermann

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Subject: i2o and Promise SuperTrak SX6000 ata raid controller

Hello,

I tried to use a Promise SuperTrak SX6000 with kernel 2.4.14 or
2.4.13-ac8. In both cases the i2o driver doesn't detect the controller
at all. According to Promise the controller is supposed to be supported
by current kernels. Any idea?

Thanks,

Sebastian

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2001-11-19 17:39:14

by Vojtech Pavlik

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Subject: Re: i2o and Promise SuperTrak SX6000 ata raid controller

On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 04:21:19PM +0100, S. Zimmermann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I tried to use a Promise SuperTrak SX6000 with kernel 2.4.14 or
> 2.4.13-ac8. In both cases the i2o driver doesn't detect the controller
> at all. According to Promise the controller is supposed to be supported
> by current kernels. Any idea?

Easy: Switch the controller mode (in BIOS) to "Other OS", not "Linux".
It doesn't work with the "Linux" setting ...

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs

2001-11-29 12:04:45

by Thomas Mueller

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Subject: Re: i2o and Promise SuperTrak SX6000 ata raid controller

Hi,

I've got quite the same problem, but it's not as simple as vojtech said.

I have, of course, switched the controller mode to 'other OS' and the
controller is being recognized by the system. Everything is fine as long
as I use kernel 2.4.4, the raid array is being recognized and working.
Whenever I switch to 2.4.13-ac8, 2.4.14 or 2.4.15-pre7 the system
freezes with kernel panic, so there seems to be a problem with current
kernels.
Any suggestions ???

Thanks,

Thomas

2001-11-29 13:48:22

by Eugenio Mastroviti

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Subject: Re: i2o and Promise SuperTrak SX6000 ata raid controller

Thomas Mueller wrote:

> I have, of course, switched the controller mode to 'other OS' and the
> controller is being recognized by the system. Everything is fine as long
> as I use kernel 2.4.4, the raid array is being recognized and working.

On the same note, does anybody know whether a basic "i2o-HOWTO" exists
and where it can be found?

Thanks

Eugenio (going mad with an AMI Megaraid)

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