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

[Raj Kumar]

You have to build a new initrd image. 

Eg: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img uname -r

Check out the qlogic thread that was posted recently... 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhn-users/2005-May/msg00179.html

Cheers,
Raj

On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 Michael Weber wrote :
>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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