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Mr Green

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Calling tomk Kernel guru...

Need to make sure 2.6.18-rc* has got jmicron stuff built in added

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON=y

not sure how to test if its there/working

any idea where I can find out?

Fed Core 5 has a boot option all-generic-ide would that work under arch?

sorry for the FC hate swearing on forums lol

No I am not afriad of cli ;-)

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phrakture

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

zgrep CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON /proc/config.gz

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Mr Green

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

nice thanks...

Loading FC5 now not what I wanted but I need a way of booting Arch from old drive...

may give more info on system .....

Arch install CD works but does not see drives HD or DVD so I guess its drivers thing

Cannot wait to get this baby running......

Cheers phrak ;-)

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tomk

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

It seems jmicron hasn't made it into rc4. You would need to add the 2.6.18-rc4-mm3 patch.

Mr Green

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

:cry:  just noticed that jmicron is not in my rolled kernel mm you say .. here we go again 

beyond may have stuff I need in next release maybe I should go upset  J ;-)

thanks ;-)

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Mr Green

Mr Green

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

Ok so I'm going to build mm....

I need this stuff ...

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON=y

which I have added to config

<*> JMicron JMB36x support under <*> Generic PCI IDE Chipset Support

this is a little more confusing ? how to get that set up

:?

Using 2.6.18-rc4 pkgbuild & added mm patch ......

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Mr Green

Mr Green

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

Ok so 2.6.18-rc4-mm* will not boot (my fault!)

Got Arch installed on new box by passing all-generic-ide irqpoll drives were there Arch installed (even Grub!) but it would not boot

have stuck pkgbuild & config here

www.mr-green.net/files if anyone wants a laugh  :cry:

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Mr Green

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

bump

Anyone help a poor old Arch user get 2.6.18-rc4-mm3 running ?

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tomk

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

I'm going to assume that, as you're using tpowa's PKGBUILD, you're also using mkinitcpio, in which case you need jmicron as a module, not built in - in other words

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON=m

The module will then need to be included in your initcpio image, either by using the autodetect and ide hooks, or by listing it in the mkinitcpio.conf MODULES array..

Mr Green

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

doh!!!!!  :oops:

arrrghghghgh!!!!

/me kernel nub!

O dear might help I guess

Thanks man  8) 

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Mr Green

Mr Green

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

rebuilt using m option still refuses to boot guess I will have to wait for 2.6.18 or new beyond

<*> JMicron JMB36x support under <*> Generic PCI IDE Chipset Support

not sure if that needs to be set in menuconfig or something

Added autodetect to mkinitcpio ,,,,

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tomk

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

Possibly autodetect missed it, as it's brand new. Add the modules to the initcpio MODULES array, and see what happens.

Mr Green

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

dumb question time .... how do I find out what modules is called (jmb363?) 

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tomk

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

Have a look in /lib/modules/2.6.18-rc4-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ide/pci - it should jump out at you.

Mr Green

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Re: Calling tomk Kernel guru...

ok ....

It turns out (I do read stuff sometimes lol!) that mm3 will not work I may need to build mm2 instead ;-(

I take my hat off to you tomk you must be compiling kernels all the time  8)

/me goes to look for module

EDIT jmicron.ko

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