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PostPosted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 9:17 pm    Post subject: Promise Ultra 133 TX2 Reply with quote

Has anyone been able to get this controller card to work under gentoo?

I have compiled support for promise controller chipsets (the one which this card uses is included) but that didn't help anything. Also tried to load it by passing a line to the kernel at boot, though still nothing. So if anyone has gotten this card working please let me know how.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 12:28 am    Post subject: Re: Promise Ultra 133 TX2 Reply with quote

Xaanin wrote:
Has anyone been able to get this controller card to work under gentoo?

I have compiled support for promise controller chipsets (the one which this card uses is included) but that didn't help anything. Also tried to load it by passing a line to the kernel at boot, though still nothing. So if anyone has gotten this card working please let me know how.


What kernel sources [and version] are you using?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 5:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

2.4.19-gentoo-r7
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Xaanin wrote:
2.4.19-gentoo-r7


I have the exact same problem with my Ultra TX2 100.

I couldn't get it working with any of the gentoo sources, but it works perfectly with the vainlla sources. There is a bug filed:

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2531

What kind of errors do you get when booting?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 12:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I haven't seen any error at all when booting, just that it doesn't load. I can do a cat on /proc/pci and it will show up there, as:

Code:
 unknown mass storage controller: Promise technology inc. 20265 (rev 2)


20265 is the chipset number for the card.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Xaanin wrote:
I haven't seen any error at all when booting, just that it doesn't load. I can do a cat on /proc/pci and it will show up there, as:

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 unknown mass storage controller: Promise technology inc. 20265 (rev 2)


20265 is the chipset number for the card.


Are you booting from the card?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No I am not. That's probably why I haven't seen any errors either =)
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 12:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Xaanin wrote:
No I am not. That's probably why I haven't seen any errors either =)


Heh. Bingo! :)

Try the vanilla sources, that's what solved it for me. I've tried every version of the gentoo sources (r1 -r7) and not one of them worked with my promise card. From what I have read, the 133 and 100 are next to identical...
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol now it works with 2.4.19-gentoo-r7 kernel..

make mrproper
make menuconfig (select everything again)
make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install

Works perfectly now, kinda strange but I'm happy =)
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Xaanin wrote:
Lol now it works with 2.4.19-gentoo-r7 kernel..

make mrproper
make menuconfig (select everything again)
make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install

Works perfectly now, kinda strange but I'm happy =)


Hmmmm. I never did try mrproper....Maybe I should try that....
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