[ILUG] Suse & Qlogic HBA 4010c Build Problems

[Paul Jakma]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, AJ McKee wrote:

> Okay I applied a bit of Stephs thinking here and tried the 
> following.
>
> vi /usr/src/linux/include/linux.version.h

that's an autogenerated file, iirc. and anyway, there's a good reason 
why it complains about kernel mismatch..

> #define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.19-4GB"
> #define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 132116
> #define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))
>
> Changes to
>
> #define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.19-64GB-SMP"
> #define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 132116
> #define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))

>
> Then;
>
> cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/
> make OSVER=linux SMP=1 install
>
> Lots of stuff I don't understand displayed on that glass thingy :)
>
> Cool looks like it built okay.
>
> It should have install it in
> /lib/modules/2.4.19-64GB-SMP/kernel/drivers/scsi
>
> Lo and behold yes it has.
>
> So I modprobe qla4010c.o and guess what.... the whole system lock up. Dies,
> dead (I light of the recent dying discussion, my linux box is dead when I
> load this module.) MMmmm will try something else after a quick smoke.

not surprising.

> Any other advice (Thanks Steph, was good advice, pitty it did not 
> work but I think I am on the right path.)
>
> AJ

regards,
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