Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:06:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:06:17 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-195-162-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.195.162.81]:50191 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:06:02 -0500 Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 17:35:41 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: James Lamanna cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fasttrak100 questions... In-Reply-To: <3A1EEFC8.16A48C24@its.caltech.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org NO! Doing so VIOLATES the terms and agreement that you obtained the BINARY Soft-Raid Engine and the GPL terms of the kernel. On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, James Lamanna wrote: > So, I have a system that has 2 45GB IDE drives connected > up to a Promise Technologies Fasttrack 100. > Promise Techonologies currently has a driver that you can compile > against a 2.2 kernel into a module, but it also includes one > proprietary object file. > During my linux installation I was able to preload the module and > have it detect the drives fine as a scsi device, so I was able to > install the base system onto them. > > The question is, is there a way to compile this module into the kernel > so that it will automatically detect the card? A simple linking of the > module into the scsi library by editing the Makefile doesn't seem to do > it. It doesn't detect the drives if I boot off of a floppy with this > kernel on it. > > Also, is it possible for Lilo to even boot this without a RAM disk > somewhere? I guess Lilo has to know about the drive, but it can't know > without the module...so am I screwed into using floppies with a > RAM disk image anyways? > > Thanks, > --James Lamanna > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/