build initrd for qla2xxx firmware

[Mark Haney]

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.

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Mark Haney
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