** Reply to message from "Taylor, Neville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 26 Jun 2002 
12:36:07 +0100


> PLEASE......PLEASE......PLEASE...help me!!
>  
> I'm trying to get an Adaptec 2940 scsi host adapter to work on a new install
> of Redhat 7.3
>  
> My /proc/pci file has an entry that looks like 
>  
> Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
> Class ffff: Adaptec AHA-294x / AIC- 7871 ( rev 255)
>     IRQ 11
>     Master Capable. Latency=255. Min Gnt=255.Max Lat=255
>     I/O at 0xfc00 [0xfcff]
>     Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x3efff000 [0x3effffff]
>  
> But when I try "Insmod aic7xxx.o"
>  
> I get
>  
> aic7xxx.o: init_module: No such device

Hi, Taylor. This is a typical newbie mistake. When insmod'ing modules, you do not use 
the .o suffix, just give the module name, i.e.,: insmod aic7xxx

BTW, it is better to use "/sbin/modprobe aic7xxx" rather than insmod since modprobe 
handles any necessary loading of dependent modules.

jb



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