Compiling sata_sil.c

Net Llama! netllama
Tue Mar 6 14:32:25 PST 2007


On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Still on my quest to get a SATA card working. It uses the sata_sil module.
>
> How hard would it be to download the latest version of sata_sil.c from
> kernel 2.6.19 and compile it against 2.6.17? Is there a written
> procedure somewhere? Or is it too easy to need one?
>
> This says it went from v0.9 to v2.0 at 2.6.18. I'm at v0.9.
>
>   http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/18/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c

Hard to say, but I suppose its worth a try.  Sometimes its as easy as 
dropping in the newer version and building.  Other times there will be API 
changes which will result in breakage.

What problem are you trying to solve?

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