OMSA support for Debian

[Harald_Jensas at Dell.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com 
> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Brian 
> E. Seppanen
> Sent: 01 December 2006 14:52
> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: OMSA support for Debian
> 
> I have a debian sarge system that I just compiled 2.6.18 for.    I 
> included the mainline dcdbas driver.   What other steps would 
> be required 
> to get the other drivers necessary for providing the omsa support?
> 
> Is there a howto somewhere.   Using Paul Bordulin's omsa-drivers-4.4 
> source to compile the drivers for 2.6.18, i get errors 
> similar to the following
> 
>    CC [M]  /usr/src/omsa-driver-4.4/buildtmp.4400/dcdesm/dcddks.o
> /usr/src/omsa-driver-4.4/buildtmp.4400/dcdesm/dcddks.c: In function
> `esm_verify_area_write':
> /usr/src/omsa-driver-4.4/buildtmp.4400/dcdesm/dcddks.c:575: warning: 
> implicit declaration of function `verify_area'
>    LD [M]  /usr/src/omsa-driver-4.4/buildtmp.4400/dcdesm/dcdesm.o
>    Building modules, stage 2.
>    MODPOST
> WARNING: "verify_area" 
> [/usr/src/omsa-driver-4.4/buildtmp.4400/dcdesm/dcdesm.ko] undefined!
>    CC      /usr/src/omsa-driver-4.4/buildtmp.4400/dcdesm/dcdesm.mod.o
>    LD [M]  /usr/src/omsa-driver-4.4/buildtmp.4400/dcdesm/dcdesm.ko
> make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18'
> make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18'
>    INSTALL /usr/src/omsa-driver-4.4/buildtmp.4400/dcdesm/dcdesm.ko
>    DEPMOD  2.6.18
> WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18/extra/dcdtvm.ko needs unknown 
> symbol verify_area
> WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18/extra/dcdipm.ko needs unknown 
> symbol verify_area
> WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18/extra/dcdesm.ko needs unknown 
> symbol verify_area
> WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18/extra/dcdbas.ko needs unknown 
> symbol verify_area
> make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18'
> make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18'
> 
> its been a long time, since I've delved into getting omsa 
> working on debian, so have mercy...
> 
> Thanks,
> 

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Harald Jensås