build initrd for qla2xxx firmware

[Jeff Voskamp]

Mark Haney wrote:
> 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.
>
Is hotplug support included in the initrd? (see 
Documentation/firmware_class/README).  The firmware is loaded via a 
kernel call back to hotplug.

Jeff