Adaptec aacraid 6805 6405, v 1.1.7-28000

[evil4ss]

i just wanted to post here my way of getting it done. please forgive me for describing things in a funny way, because my english is not the best (i'm from germany).

so, previously i installed ubuntu server 10.04.03 lts with its standard kernel 2.6.32.33 i think.
after installing the controller with these commands everything worked fine:

1. mkdir /home/administrator/downloads
2. cd /home/administrator/downloads
3. wget http://download.adaptec.com/raid/aac....1.7-28000.tgz
4. tar xvzf aacraid-dkms-1.1.7-28000.tgz
5. sudo aptitude install dkms
6. sudo aptitude install rpm
7. sudo bash
8. rpm2cpio aacraid-1.1.7.28000-dkms.noarch.rpm | (cd / ; cpio -idmu )
9. dkms add -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
10. dkms build -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
11. dkms install -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
12. dkms status

some today i updated my system and get the new kernel 2.6.32.34. after a reboot...
because of a missing auto blah in the dkms.conf for the adaptec driver my mount where gone. but ...
using just these commands helped me out, and after a restart everything was back at normal...

1. sudo bash
2. dkms build -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
3. dkms install -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
4. dkms status =: the matching driver / kernel version should now be listed
5. dkms uninstall -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000 -k 2.6.32-33-generic -a x86_64
6. dkms remove -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000 -k 2.6.32-33-generic -a x86_64
7. dkms status =: the old driver should now be gone away.

for the last two commands please use YOUR old kernelversion and YOUR arch (x86_bla)
questions?

[Entilza]

The instructions you listed above are for installing the controller onto an existing system not a fresh install though just to be clear.

[adeliciouspizza]

Entilza many thanks to you for posting this information. It has been very helpful. Unfortunately I have not been able to successfully install Ubuntu yet follow your instructions. The first half goes ok - I can get Ubuntu to detect the card and install the operating system correctly. However the problem is when I try to do the second part just before reboot I find that the kernel version has changed. It seems that Ubuntu updates the kernel during the install even though I set the option for no automatic updates. So while I started off w/ kernel 2.6.32-28, at the end of the install it's always at 2.6.32-28. Also the initrd always says '-generic' at the end as opposed to '-server' like in your instructions. I'm also wondering, assuming I could get this installed correctly, is this going to break my system the next time it updates the kernel? Please note in my case the os would be on drives connected through the raid card, so if the driver doesn't load I would have no other way to boot the os to update the driver/kernel. Anyways I hope you are able to help me, and thanks again for your efforts.

~ADP

[evil4ss]

The instructions you listed above are for installing the controller onto an existing system not a fresh install though just to be clear.

Exactly, i forgot that to mention.

[Entilza]

Ok so you are installing 10.04.2 good since this one is the one I know 100% works with the files I provided.

Make sure you dont have updates, if you don't do an update the kernel won't change. Please re-edit your message you have a typo with the kernel versions so I am not sure how it's changing.

The other thing is -generic is correct for when it starts, ubuntu's config is a little strange in that after it's done installing it uses a different name for the final version.

After it's installed do not do a kernel update or it will poof your system. I'm not sure if the previous poster's message means that if you install the dkms verison it will automatically update the kernel driver when you update the kernel. I haven't tried this so no idea how that really works.

There's a lot going here so let me know if you've gotten farther.

[pythod]

i just wanted to post here my way of getting it done. please forgive me for describing things in a funny way, because my english is not the best (i'm from germany).

so, previously i installed ubuntu server 10.04.03 lts with its standard kernel 2.6.32.33 i think.
after installing the controller with these commands everything worked fine:

1. mkdir /home/administrator/downloads
2. cd /home/administrator/downloads
3. wget http://download.adaptec.com/raid/aac....1.7-28000.tgz
4. tar xvzf aacraid-dkms-1.1.7-28000.tgz
5. sudo aptitude install dkms
6. sudo aptitude install rpm
7. sudo bash
8. rpm2cpio aacraid-1.1.7.28000-dkms.noarch.rpm | (cd / ; cpio -idmu )
9. dkms add -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
10. dkms build -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
11. dkms install -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
12. dkms status

some today i updated my system and get the new kernel 2.6.32.34. after a reboot...
because of a missing auto blah in the dkms.conf for the adaptec driver my mount where gone. but ...
using just these commands helped me out, and after a restart everything was back at normal...

1. sudo bash
2. dkms build -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
3. dkms install -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000
4. dkms status =: the matching driver / kernel version should now be listed
5. dkms uninstall -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000 -k 2.6.32-33-generic -a x86_64
6. dkms remove -m aacraid -v 1.1.7.28000 -k 2.6.32-33-generic -a x86_64
7. dkms status =: the old driver should now be gone away.

for the last two commands please use YOUR old kernelversion and YOUR arch (x86_bla)
questions?

Thanks so much for posting these commands.

They helped me for my Adaptec 6445 after the installation was completed for kernel version:
Linux 2.6.32-34-server #77-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 13 20:54:38 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[adeliciouspizza]

Ok so you are installing 10.04.2 good since this one is the one I know 100% works with the files I provided.

Make sure you dont have updates, if you don't do an update the kernel won't change. Please re-edit your message you have a typo with the kernel versions so I am not sure how it's changing.

The other thing is -generic is correct for when it starts, ubuntu's config is a little strange in that after it's done installing it uses a different name for the final version.

After it's installed do not do a kernel update or it will poof your system. I'm not sure if the previous poster's message means that if you install the dkms verison it will automatically update the kernel driver when you update the kernel. I haven't tried this so no idea how that really works.

There's a lot going here so let me know if you've gotten farther.

yep, am installing ubuntu server 10.04.02 amd 64 from usb flash drive. sorry for the confusing explanation.

basically everything works per your instructions except for the last part. the installer is apparently updating the kernel during the install (without asking me for permission). so then at the end of the install before reboot i go to copy the files per your instructions but the kernel is at a newer version so it's incompatible with those files.

i think the solution is to do an 'offline' install so that it can't update the files/kernel during install. then after the reboot do an update (but don't reboot) and then compile the modules into the new kernel following the instructions from evil4ss. then reboot and it should work with the new kernel and i will need to do this process every time if i update the kernel.

if this works i will be sure to post back and let you know. and perhaps you should consider updating your instructions to let people know they need to do the install offline or it won't work. thanks again.

[xerotm]

At the moment I'm struggling in 11.04 to use a 6405 controller with the latest 1.1.7-28000 driver, as the aacraid driver coming with 2.6.38-11-generic doesn't seem to do the job.

The step by step instructions from one of the earlier posts helped me with the first steps. But 'dkms build' always fails for me. So I manually tried to fix the problem. See the attached patch, which doesn't fix the problem completely. I had to replace ioctl with ioctl_unlocked and some mutex calls with sema_init

But the resulting aacraid.ko triggers a Kernel oops.

After applying the patch, I compiled the module with

make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.38-11-generic -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-11-generic/build SUBDIRS=/var/lib/dkms/aacraid/1.1.7.28000/build modules

[Narog82]

Just update your kernel.

The driver is included since kernel 2.6.39.

http://www.adaptec.com/weblog/2011/1...6-controllers/

[Entilza]

Yes but it's not supported under 10.04 out of the box yet. 11.10 uses 3.0 so it will work.

When you are doing an installation from scratch with 10.04 it is still very difficult because 10.04 does not install 2.6.39+ as it's base kernel. (Not yet anyway)