MPT Fusion modules and ISO

Hendrik Visage hvisage at envisage.co.za
Sun Apr 13 10:18:42 GMT 2003


On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 12:48:31PM -0700, Wuss912 wrote:
> For the fusion menu to open up doesn't scsi support have to be enabled?

That too.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lunar-bounces at lunar-linux.org
> [mailto:lunar-bounces at lunar-linux.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Visage
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 10:21 AM
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> Subject: Re: MPT Fusion modules and ISO
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 12:03:26PM -0500, Terry Chan wrote:
> > Hendrik,
> > 
> > The 1.3 ISO has scsi kernel drivers.  You may have missed them in your
> 
> > brief glance.
> 
> I know, that's how I install my dell and most of my IBMs
> 
> > At the Initrd Menu, choose Load Modules, then Scsi, and the scsi 
> > kernel modules we support are:
> 
> But they miss the drivers for the IBM x235 with the LSI 1030 MPT :(
> 
> The Fusion MPT stuff is not included, and they aren't under the SCSI
> Support, but under Fusion MPT device support ie.
> 
>   x x         SCSI support  --->
> x x
>   x x         Fusion MPT device support  --->
> x x
> 
>   Choose this one and not the SCSI support,
>   it should give you this menu:
>   x x            <M> Fusion MPT (base + ScsiHost) drivers
> x x
>   x x            <M>   Enhanced SCSI error reporting
> x x
>   x x            <M>   Fusion MPT misc device (ioctl) driver
> x x
>   x x            <M>   Fusion MPT LAN driver
> x x
> 
> 
> > My Dell Poweredge 1550 server boots the 1.3 ISO on its ide cd/dvd-rom 
> > drive just fine and then the Adaptec Ultra-Wide 160 scsi card works 
> > just great with the aic7xxx kernel scsi module.  So what is your point
> 
> > ?
> 
> The aic7xxx is useless with the IBM x235 which need the FUSION MPT
> drivers :(
> 
> HEndrik
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