Re: SBP-2 support
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From: Jurgen K. <GTM...@in...> - 2001-01-18 22:57:10
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Hi, You probably have one of those VAIOs with a non OHCI compliant chipset onboard. Maybe you can check which part you actually have. About the sbp2_1394.o part: yes you have to manually copy that to the module directory. Greetings, Jurgen Katsuhiro Inoue wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > mailing list Lin...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux1394-user |