Mark Haney wrote:
Mark Haney wrote:
Rick Stevens wrote:
Mark Haney wrote:
Rick Stevens wrote:
Mark Haney wrote:
Okay, I'm still unable to build a correct initrd to include the QLogic 2300 FC card I have in a couple of machines. I've tried several methods (from scripts to cracking open the existing initrd) and nothing seems to work. The firmware IS on the system (via an RPM) and the qla2xxx module gets loaded, but I cannot get it to load on boot. initrd complains about the firmware not being available.
Surely others out there have these cards in use still and keep there systems up to date, so what am I doing wrong? Can someone walk me through this. I have one system stuck at FC6 because the newer kernel don't include the firmware and I can't upgrade until I can get this resolved.
Are you sure the firmware is in /lib/firmware? Check that directory and verify you have "ql2300_fw.bin" or "ql2322_fw.bin" there. Don't necessarily rely on the fact you have the RPM installed...something may have wiped the files.
And this is output from the cracked open initrd I built this morning:
cat ../initrd-2.6.24.7-92.fc8.MEH.img | cpio -iv sysroot lib64
[snip]
sbin lib lib/dm-zero.ko lib/pata_amd.ko lib/sd_mod.ko lib/shpchp.ko lib/dm-mirror.ko lib/mbcache.ko lib/ohci-hcd.ko lib/jbd.ko lib/firmware lib/firmware/ql2100_fw.bin lib/firmware/ql2400_fw.bin lib/firmware/ql2322_fw.bin lib/firmware/ql2200_fw.bin lib/firmware/ql2300_fw.bin lib/scsi_tgt.ko lib/sata_sil.ko lib/ext3.ko lib/dm-snapshot.ko lib/scsi_wait_scan.ko lib/uhci-hcd.ko lib/dm-mod.ko lib/libata.ko lib/qla2xxx.ko lib/ehci-hcd.ko lib/scsi_mod.ko lib/scsi_transport_fc.ko bin
[snip]
So you can see, the firmware IS included in this initrd image. But this is what I see when I boot with this image:
QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:07.0[A] -> GSI 26 (level, low) -> IRQ 26 qla2xxx 0000:02:07.0: Found an ISP2300, irq 26, iobase 0xffffc2000063a000 qla2xxx 0000:02:07.0: Configuring PCI space... qla2xxx 0000:02:07.0: Configure NVRAM parameters... qla2xxx 0000:02:07.0: Verifying loaded RISC code... qla2xxx 0000:02:07.0: Firmware image unavailable. qla2xxx 0000:02:07.0: Firmware images can be retrieved from: ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/firmware/. qla2xxx 0000:02:07.0: Failed to initialize adapter
I swear I do NOT understand this problem. It started with a kernel update midway through the FC6 cycle and has continued on.
Oh, hell, I remember now. The new firmware stuff uses initramfs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer rps2@nerd.com - - Hosting Consulting, Inc. - - - - The world is coming to an end ... SAVE YOUR FILES!!! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------