[rhn-users] LSI driver not loading automatically... :-(

[Michael Weber]

Greetings!

I am running a RedHat ES 3.0 server.  I have a tape drive that was
connected to an Adaptec card, but the card went south so I plugged the
cable into the on-board SCSI adapter which is an LSI chip.

Since the on-board adapter was not enabled at installation time (bad
motherboard), the
drivers were not installed.  Since I have enabled the LSI (replaced the
MB yesterday), 
I cannot get the kernel to load the drivers automatically.

I downloaded the newest set from both IBM (it's an x345 box) and LSI.
The drivers come with an RPM that I installed, but that simply loaded
the drivers into the /tmp/mptlinix~~~ directory.

So, I looked for a compatible set of drivers (it loaded 43 different
versions) but didn't find one for the kernel I am using
(2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp)

Failing that, I copied what looked to be the closest version,
2.4.21-15.ELsmp, into the
/lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/message/fusion
directory, after making a copy of course, and insmod-ded the mpt
drivers.

The drivers loaded, but complained about being the wrong kernel
version
and so loaded them as tainted.  Since that failed, I went back to the
drivers that were in the /lib/modules tree to start with, and manually
loaded
them.  That worked, but they are gone after a reboot.  So, for now I
run
a script at boot up to modprobe both the mptscsih and st modules.

I guess I'm not sure how to get modules to load automatically.  I have
the 
following in my /etc/modules.conf:

alias eth0 e1000
alias eth1 e1000
alias scsi_hostadapter qla2300
alias usb-controller usb-ohci
alias scsi_hostadapter1 mptscsih


In the past I was only able to get the correct drivers from a clean
installation.  I hope I don't have to do that here.

Thanx for your help!

-Michael 


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