Kernel Includes versus Modules and Initrd with SATA on VIA SP13000

From: R. G. Newbury (newburynospam_at_mandamus.org)
Date: 08/30/05 

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:05:55 GMT

I have a Via SP13000 motherboard, which has on-board SATA.
I have downloaded the 2.6.12 kernel and patched it to 2.6.12.3-epia so
certain VIA EPIA features are included.
This is on a base Mandriva 10.2 (2.6.11-6mdk) install.

The Problem. Menuconfig advises that I must compile the sata_via
module into the kernel.

This does 'make bzImage' and 'make modules' and 'make modules_install'
cleanly.

But mkinitrd fails to run with an error that it cannot find the
sata_via module (and that is correct: no sata_via.ko (or '.ko.gz') has
been made.

If I choose to compile the required SCSI stuff including sata_via as
modules (select 'M'), then it compiles properly and mkinitrd runs and
makes an image.
But that image fails... boot produces a blank black screen.

So, how do I make an initrd with the correct kernel....?

At present I am using the prior kernel initrd image file as the
'bootstrap' to loading the actual proper bzImage/System.map pair.

Geoff

 

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