Re: newbie with a qlogic host bus adapter

[Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de>]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, root wrote:

> I have a Qlogic qla2200f host bus adapter for an optical SAN.  I am
> running SuSE linux 7.1, I just downloaded kernel 2.4.17 sources and want
> to compile a kernel.  But when I "make menuconfig" 
> I go into scsi support, and into scs low level drivers, the qlogic
> "qla2x00 QLC driver support" is not an option as it should be according
> to the documentation for the qla2200.
> how do i fix that?
> 
> also i tried to just compile the drivers to be modules, but i get the
> error: /usr/src/linux-2.4/include/linux/modversions.h: No such file or
> directory
> 
> where can I get this file?

You can probably just do
cd /usr/src
ln -s linux-2.4.WHATEVERSUSE7.1HAS linux-2.4

to "fix" the latter problem, or maybe you need to tweak the Makefile.

As to the former problem, I cannot tell. Should your problem not be
solved until Jan 27th, feel free to ask me in private mail.

Oh, and while I'm at it: please do use a regular user account to read
and send mail, root should not expose himself to the dangers of possible
bugs in his mailer -- use yast or useradd to add a regular user for
yourself, and use /etc/aliases or /etc/mail/aliases to forward root mail
to that user.

-- 
Matthias Andree

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."         Benjamin Franklin