How To Compile A Kernel - The Mandriva Way missing sata module

[geza]

Hello,
I have followed precisely the nice description provided by howtoforge.com on my Mandriva 2007.1,
still when I wanted to make the initrd:
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.21.1-custom.img 2.6.21.1-custom
I got the message:
"No module ata_piix found for kernel 2.6.21.1-custom, aborting."
It seems that besides the ata_piix.ko another module ahci is missing
I guess related to sata driving.
Do you have any idea how to solve this ? Copying these modules from earlier versions does not help.

[falko]

What's in /etc/modules?

[geza]

It is empty ...
Geza

[falko]

What's the output of

ls -l /etc

? I think there must be a modules.d directory or something similar.

[geza]

ls /etc/mod*
/etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.preload /etc/modules

/etc/modprobe.d:
ipw3945d ldetect-lst.conf visor

/etc/modprobe.preload.d:
cpufreq floppy

[falko]

Can you check the files in /etc/modprobe.d and /etc/modprobe.preload.d as well as /etc/modprobe.conf if ata_piix is mentioned there somewhere?

[geza]

Hello,
in /etc/modprobe.conf I found:

install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci; /sbin/mod
probe sbp2; /bin/true

[falko]

Can you comment out that line and try again?

[geza]

Commenting out that line the mkinitrd works indeed. However I could not boot with the new
kernel. I got a kernel panic message. I shall have a closer look or redo the whole procedure.

If I comment the the ata_piix line from the /etc/modprobe.conf do I still have proper sata disk handling ?

[falko]

What were the error messages before the kernel panic?