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Bug 53505

Summary: Outdated "gdth" drivers included in RH 7.2 Roswell Beta2
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Public Beta Reporter: Boji Tony Kannanthanam <boji.t.kannanthanam>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED DEFERRED QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority: medium    
Version: roswell   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.vortex.de/download/linux/linux_e.html
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Description Boji Tony Kannanthanam 2001-09-10 16:40:59 UTC
Description of Problem:

Redhat 7.2 Roswell Beta 2 kernel contains outdated "gdth" kernel module 
for ICP/Intel RAID controllers. As a result unable to install RH 7.2 beta 
2 onto a RAID volume on newer ICP/Intel RAID Controllers.

The updated "gdth" driver sources (version 2.03) are available with kernel 
2.4.10-pre7 or from ICP vortex (an Intel Company) website at 
http://www.icp-vortex.com/ftp/download/linux/gdth.tgz

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How Reproducible:
Very reproducible

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to install RH 7.2 beta 2 (roswell) onto a RAID volume connected to 
newer ICP/Intel RAID controllers.
2. The kernel module "gdth" fails to load.

Actual Results:
The kernel module "gdth" fails to load during installation.

Expected Results:
The kernel module "gdth" should succesfully load during installation.

Additional Information:

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-09-10 16:49:37 UTC
Unfortionatly the deadline for such kernel changes was a bit over 3 weeks ago;
These drivers will be included in our next release.