SBP-2 support

[Katsuhiro I. <kat...@fl...>]

Hello,

I had installed the IEEE1394 patch to my kernel-2.2.18, to make my 40G
i.Link HDD (Sony PCVA-HD04 only sold in Japan) work with Linux. However,
there were a few things I cannot get over it.

(Sorry that it seems a basic problem with module installation but I need
your help!)

I used RedHat Distribution 7.0. I already removed gcc and ln -s kgcc gcc.

There were two problems:

1 - One problems is module loading for ohci1394. It said that "no operable
Ohci1394 cards found". This seems simply meaning that my i.Link cards built
in my notebook (Sony VAIO PCG-Z505FX made in Japan) was not detected by the
module. Is it a fundamental problem or is there anyone who could finally
solve this problem?

2 - Another one is unpacking SBP-2 driver which I got from
http://firewire.zawa.com/sbp2/ . Steps I took were:
- downloaded sbp2_1394_122300.tar.gz and unpacked it
- moves all file into /usr/src/linux/drivers/ieee1394
- make -f Makefile.sbp2 clean, make -f Makefile.sbp2 (generated sbp2_1394.o)
- make dep, make bzlilo, make modules, make modules_install
That last command (make modules_install) did not copy the sbp2_1394.o into
/lib/modules/2.2.18/ieee1394. Is it OK that I move this .o file into
/lib/modules/2.2.18/ieee1394 directory manually?

Thanks,

Katsuhiro Inoue