[elrepo] Request aic7xxx for RHEL 7

[Clark Hale]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Perry" <phil at elrepo.org>
> To: elrepo at lists.elrepo.org
> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 4:34:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [elrepo] Request aic7xxx for RHEL 7
> 
> On 05/10/15 18:16, Phil Perry wrote:
> > On 05/10/15 14:58, Clark Hale wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 09/24/2015 01:15 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Clark Hale <chale at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>>> Hi EL Repo,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd like to request packaging for the aic7xxx module for RHEL7.
> >>>>
> >>>> My specific device is:
> >>>> 03:00.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: Adaptec AHA-2940/2940W /
> >>>> AIC-7871 [9004:7178]
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm fairly certain this is in the aic7xxx module, which was deprecated
> >>>> in RHEL7 :(
> >>>
> >>> I confirm that the aic7xxx driver is not in RHEL 7 and your device
> >>> [9004:7178] is not supported in 7.x kernels.
> >>>
> >>> Could you test-install ELRepo's kernel-ml on your system and see if
> >>> your device works? If it does, we might try backporting the driver
> >>> from there.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I installed kernel-ml.  My SCSI controller appears to be working
> >> correctly.
> >>
> >> I only have one SCSI device on this host (an old Magneto Optical drive),
> >> so my testing is somewhat limited.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> -CFH
> > 
> > Hi Clarke,
> > 
> > I'll put this on my todo list and see if I can backport the module for
> > you. I probably won't have time to look at it before the weekend, but
> > will post back here as soon as I've had a look.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Phil
> > 
> > 
> 
> I found some time...
> 
> I've backported the module from kernel-3.10.90 and built it as the
> following package:
> 
> http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el7/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-aic7xxx-7.0-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
> 
> which is currently syncing to the mirrors and should show up shortly.
> 
> I've built it with the same config options that were used in RHEL6, namely:
> 
> CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=4
> CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY_MS=15000
> CONFIG_AIC7XXX_DEBUG_MASK=0
> 
> The first two do differ from the default values but these are the values
> used in RHEL6 so I've gone with these. If you would prefer the defaults,
> or something else, let me know.
> 
> The package version (7.0) is based on the module version in the source
> code and not intended to reflect it is for RHEL7. The package was
> actually built against the RHEL7.1 base kernel.
> 
> I would appreciate if you could test the driver works as expected (or
> not) for you at which point we can consider promoting it from the
> testing repository. I can only confirm the module loads as I don't have
> hardware to test.

Thanks!  I'll test this as soon as I can (which will likely be this weekend or early next week), and will get back to you.  

I never had any problems with the version in RHEL6, so I suspect that those options are fine.

Thanks,

-CFH