[lug] Hardware RAID on boot

[Jeff Schroeder]

Hey all,

I'm recompiling a kernel (2.4.20) to run on a system using an Adaptec 
2110 RAID controller.  I don't have the system here in my office, so I 
have to make some educated guesses and hope it'll work. :)

My question is whether I need to compile the appropriate RAID support 
(under SCSI > low-level drivers) directly into the kernel, or if it's 
okay to use it as a module.  When the system boots, it seems to me that 
the kernel will need it directly-- simply because it won't be able to 
"see" /lib/modules/xxx.o until it recognizes the disk and mounts the 
partition.

Is that correct?  Taking this one step farther, if I want to compile a 
kernel that'll work with ANY hardware-RAID system do I need to compile 
all of the RAID components (there are quite a few) right into the 
kernel?

TIA,
Jeff