acixxx problem compiling new kernel 2.4.20

[Joel Hammer]

Well, I got it to compile. There is an option:
Build Adapter firmware with kernel build with the aic7xxx module.
I deselected that and it compiled.
Joel

On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 10:18:19PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
> This is the WalMart special. 
> There may be no scsi devices but there are scsi drivers loaded:
> lsmod | grep scsi:
> ide-scsi                7696   1
> scsi_mod               53420   5  [sr_mod ide-scsi usb-storage sd_mod]
> ide-mod               153700   4  [ide-cd ide-scsi ide-disk ide-probe-mod]
> 
> I have the bad feeling that scsi drivers are being used for various tasks,
> not really for scsi devices scsi.  This must be why you need initrd with
> this kernel.
> 
> Tne kernel (also 2.4.20) that it comes preinstalled  has this in
> /lib/modules/kernel/drivers/scsi:
> drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root           80 Jun 22 15:22 aic7xxx
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       127076 Jun 19 17:40 aic7xxx_old.o
> And, int aic7xx, this:
> aic7xxx.o
> In modules.dep, this is this entry:
> /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o: /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o
> 
> There must be a reason for this. I'd like to find out.
> 
> Joel
> 
>  Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:15:57PM -0600, Andrew Mathews wrote:
> > If this is the Wal-Mart system I doubt if it has any SCSI devices, in
> > which case you don't need it. It's the Adaptec SCSI controller card. If
> > it *did* come with a SCSI card, I'm going to have to reevaluate Wal-Mart.
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