build initrd for qla2xxx firmware

[Rick Stevens]

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.
> 
> 
> Yes it's definitely there.  I just don't understand why a card so common 
> would have the firmware dropped from initrd like this.  It's really 
> frustrating for those of us with several systems with those FC cards to 
> suddenly be stuck at FC6 and can go no further.

Uh, I've run QLA2340s very happily on F8.  I have not tried it on F9.
As I see it, the available QLogic firmware RPMs are:

	ql23xx-firmware-3.03.20-1.fc8.1
	ql2400-firmware-4.00.27-1.fc8.1
	ql2200-firmware-2.02.08-1.fc8.1
	ql2100-firmware-1.19.38-1.fc8.1

Are you certain the "alias scsi_hostadapter" lines are in the
modprobe.conf file so the initrd is built correctly?  If you build the
initrd manually and specify the "-v" flag, do you see the modules and
firmware being loaded into the image?  You should.
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