Tom Zerucha writes:
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 10:45:45PM -0600, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > Tom Zerucha writes:
> > > I am using 2.4.0test1-ac22 and can't seem to find the right
> > > combination to get my cdwriter to appear as a scsi drive.
> > >
> > > Any one do this (with devfs on earlier kernels)?
> >
> > Did this work before or not?
>
> This is the first time I've tried it with devfs + linux 2.4.0test1
>
> The no-devfs 2.4.0test1 worked (see below)
>
> > If you load the sg driver, your device should appear under the
> > /dev/scsi hierarchy. Does it?
>
> It doesn't thought it appears it wants to load something.
>
> I have all my IDE devices as modules (yes, ide-mod.o ide-probe-mod.o
> ide-disk.o ide-cd.o and ide-scsi.o). There does seem to be some
> operational problems depending on the order of the modules - you need
> ide-cd, ide-probe, and ide-scsi in that order.
>
> Actually it seemed to work - I say seemed because as I was trying it
> last night, (you get the messages when probing ide-scsi), but I got a
> kernel panic. I have modified modules.conf to use ide-scsi for the
> scsi controller card but I don't know if that is right or not. I
> wasn't getting this far without a bus controller card, but it kpanics.
>
> Normally it simply says scsi: 1 host a lot (for each probe in cdrecord
> -scanbus) - it found the CDs this time.
>
> Part of it might still be the IDE driver, but I think the devfs
> load-unload is interacting with that in some way.
IIRC, the IDE drivers will "steal" devices if you load them before
ide-scsi. So try loading ide-scsi first.
Also, if you do get a kernel panic, send in the report (after running
through ksymoops). It may or may not be a devfs problem: I'd need to
see the stack trace to get some idea.
Regards,
Richard....
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