Re: [PATCH] don't include ioctl32.h in drivers

[Jesper Juhl]

On 12/13/05, George Silverio da Silva <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Helo guys...
>
>
>
> I'm new here...
>
> And I'm happy for this
> We need some help, and maybe we are looking in the wrong place...
>
> We are compiling the 2.6.14 Kernel for a HP Proliant DL380 G4 that has a
> Smart Array 6i Controller.
>
> We would like to know wich Kernel modules we need to add to have support for
> this controller.
>

from drivers/block/Kconfig :

config BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA
        tristate "Compaq Smart Array 5xxx support"
        depends on PCI
        help
          This is the driver for Compaq Smart Array 5xxx controllers.
          Everyone using these boards should say Y here.
          See <file:Documentation/cciss.txt> for the current list of
          boards supported by this driver, and for further information
          on the use of this driver.


> Another question: In the Slackware Distro that we have been installed, the
> system recognizes just 882Mb of Memory (The system has 2Gb)
>
Yes, you need HIGHMEM enabled to see/use all the RAM and the standard
Slackware kernel does not have HIGHMEN enabled.
That explains the 882MB of RAM.


> Will compiling Kernel 2.6.14 with this RAID support and Highmem Module
> enabled solve these problems??
>
It should.

Btw: usually a very fast way to find answers to such questions is to
"just try it" and then you'll know :-)


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