build initrd for qla2xxx firmware

[Mark Haney]

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.
>>
>>
>> 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.


I am almost certain the modprobe.conf lines are correct.  Here's what I 
have:

alias eth0 tg3
alias eth1 e1000
alias eth2 e1000
alias scsi_hostadapter libata
alias scsi_hostadapter1 sata_sil
alias scsi_hostadapter2 pata_amd
alias scsi_hostadapter3 qla2xxx
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0

I believe that's correct for the qlogic card.  And see my previous post 
from mkinitrd -v output.  It also seems to be correct based on the output.



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