Re: [Xen-users] 9650SE / 3w-9xxx problem, Xen 3.1.0

[Yves-gaël Chény <yves-gael.cheny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

i use the same raid card, but i make monolitic kernel and it's running well.

Perhaps it's the solution for you.

regards
Yves


Kevin DeGraaf a écrit :
> Hello all,
>
> Summary: I can't get a Xen 3.1.0 kernel to support my RAID controller.
>
> Silicon Mechanics Rackform iServ R272
>   - 2x Xeon 5150 (x86_64), 8 GB RAM
>   - 3ware 9650SE-8LPML PCIe-x4 8-port SATA II RAID controller
>   - Debian etch (4.0 r0)
>
> The 9560SE card is supported by kernel 2.6.19 and higher.  Since this
> Debian release is based on 2.6.18, I used a 3ware-provided installation
> CD image that contains the 3w-9xxx driver backported to 2.6.18.
>
> I downloaded, MD5-verified, and unzipped xen-3.1.0-src.tgz.  I did a
> "make world" and then "make install" without any problems.
>
> The new Xen image boots, but since it's based on a stock 2.6.18 kernel,
> it doesn't have the backported driver.  Therefore, it doesn't detect the
> RAID controller and can't find the root filesystem.
>
> 3ware makes the 2.6.18 3w-9xxx driver, with support for the 9650SE,
> available from their web site.  The tarball contains 3w-9xxx.c,
> 3w-9xxx.h, and a Makefile which needs to be edited to point to the
> kernel source tree.
>
> I used /usr/src/xen-3.1.0-src/linux-2.6.18-xen and the build died:
>
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xen-3.1.0-src/linux-2.6.18-xen'
>   ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.
>     include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.
>   Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.
>
> I followed the instructions and re-tried the build.  The 3w-9xxx.c file
> compiled, but then this happened:
>
>   Building modules, stage 2.
> make -rR -f /usr/src/xen-3.1.0-src/linux-2.6.18-xen/scripts/Makefile.modpost
>   scripts/mod/modpost -m  -i
> /usr/src/xen-3.1.0-src/linux-2.6.18-xen/Module.symvers -I
> /usr/src/driver/Module.symvers -o /usr/src/driver/Module.symvers
> /usr/src/driver/3w-9xxx.o
> /bin/sh: scripts/mod/modpost: No such file or directory
>
> I switched back to the Xen Linux directory and ran 'make'.  The kernel
> took a while to build (shouldn't this have been taken care of by the
> main Xen 'make world'?).  After that, I was able to build the driver and
> copy the resulting 3w-9xxx.ko file to the
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/kernel/drivers/scsi directory.
>
> I then ran:
>
> # depmod -a 2.6.18-xen
> # mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-xen 2.6.18-xen
>
> My GRUB menu.lst contains:
>
> title Xen 3.1.0 / XenLinux 2.6
>   kernel /boot/xen-3.1.0.gz console=vga
>   module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen root=/dev/sda1 ro
>   module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-xen
>
> On bootup, the last few lines are as follows:
>
> Begin: Mounting root file system... ...
> Begin: Running /scripts/local-top
> Begin: Waiting for root file system... ...
>
> It just hangs here.  I can shift-PgUp through the text, and there is no
> mention of the 9650SE being found.
>
> Finally, I pulled open the initrd.img file and appended "/sbin/modprobe
> 3w-9xxx" to the 'scripts/local-top/udev_helper' file.  Booting up, I
> received this message:
>
> 3w_9xxx: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module
> FATAL: Error inserting 3w_9xxx (...): Invalid module format
>
> I was dropped to a BusyBox shell after the system again failed to find
> the root filesystem.  (I don't understand why the module is being
> referred to as "3w_9xxx" when it's "3w-9xxx" everywhere else...)
>
> Am I doing something wrong here?  Thanks.
>
>   
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