qla2310 hba at boot time

[Mark Haney]

Andrew Parker wrote:
> On Nov 15, 2007 2:33 PM, Bob Kryger <bobk at panix.com> wrote:
>   
>> So, I have an F7 system w/ a QLA2310 HBA. Everything works OK, when done
>> by hand.
>>
>> But when I reboot, the kernel module is not getting loaded correctly,
>> the firmware not loaded, then the md not assembled and not mounted.
>>
>> So I unload the module, reload the module (which loads the firmware),
>> assemble the md0, and mount by hand and it works.
>>
>> Questions:
>>   Why is the module load at boot time not loading the firmware?
>>   Where is that module load done in the startup sequence?
>>   How do I approach resolution correctly, avoiding hacking the startup?
>>     
>
> did you rebuild your initrd?  i seem to remember getting some
> wierdness with our 2312 cards (on RHEL, not Fedora) like that
>
>   
Yeah I had the exact same problem last week and rebuilding initrd worked 
perfectly.  I have the instructions that someone posted (and whoever it 
was thank you!) I'll be glad to send them to you.


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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator	
ERC Broadband