Re: highpoint driver problem, 2.4.21-ac4

[Wilfried Weissmann]

Wil Reichert wrote:
 >>> The on-board Highpoint controller (HPT372A) on my DFI NF2 is
 >>> having issue.  Loading the hptraid module results in a 'No such
 >>> device' message while the hpt366 module segfaults and leaves an
 >>> oops in my logs.  These errors occur regardless of the disk/raid
 >>> configuration in the hpt BIOS.   Following are the oops trace, an
 >>> lsmod, the .config and a lspci -vvv.
 >>
 >> The crash occurs in the hpt366 module. Loading hptraid will not
 >> work because it depends on the kernel to claim the disks of the
 >> raid volume (that is what hpt366 would do). I will add autoloading
 >> of the ide-controller module in the next raid-driver release.
 >> However, I do not know why the kernel oopses. You might want to try
 >> to build the hpt366 code into the kernel instead of a module. If it
 >> works it would probably mean that "ide_hwif_t *hwif" was not
 >> properly initalized.
 >
 > I initially had all the hpt modules built into the kernel, but that
 > would also produce an oops and die immediately after ID'ing the two
 > drives I have on attached.  Would any more information be of use to
 > you?

2.4.21-ac4 contains several fixes for the hpt37x. Please try this patch out.

bye,
Wilfried