build initrd for qla2xxx firmware

Fri May 23 17:23:50 UTC 2008

On Friday 23 May 2008, 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.

What distro are you trying to use on these systems?
what is the version of mkinitrd you have installed?

Dennis
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