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Bug 64814 - please include the 3w-9xxx driver with 2.6.7
Summary: please include the 3w-9xxx driver with 2.6.7
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers
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Reported: 2004-09-20 19:00 UTC by Joshua Hoblitt
Modified: 2004-09-20 19:26 UTC (History)
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3w-9xxx patch against vanilla linux 2.6.6 (3w-9xxx-linux-2.6.6.patch,103.44 KB, patch)
2004-09-20 19:04 UTC, Joshua Hoblitt 		Details | Diff
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Description Joshua Hoblitt 2004-09-20 19:00:27 UTC 
The driver for the 3Ware 9xxx series of RAID cards has been merged with Linux 2.6.8.  Unfortunately, there isn't yet a livecd that uses this kernel because of stability issues.  This is a serious boot strapping issue for those of us with systems that must use a 9xxx controller as a boot device.  I'd like to request that this driver get included with the Gentoo development sources.  I don't believe that the driver included with 2.6.8 can be easily back ported to 2.6.7 but the orignal patch from 3ware against 2.6.6 seems to apply OK to gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.7-r11.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Joshua Hoblitt 2004-09-20 19:04:18 UTC 
Created attachment 40047 [details, diff]
3w-9xxx patch against vanilla linux 2.6.6
Comment 2 Joshua Hoblitt 2004-09-20 19:13:29 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 51445 ***
Comment 3 Joshua Hoblitt 2004-09-20 19:18:07 UTC 
The 3w-9xxx driver is not in gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.7-r11 nor is it on the 2004.2 livecd.  Attempts to compile this driver against 2.6.7-r11 and then using it with the 2004.2 livecd have failed althought his technique worked with 2004.1
Comment 4 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-09-20 19:26:35 UTC 
Marking invalid, since I don't want to DUPE it again...  Check linked bug for more info...