Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:06:54 -0700 From: Paul Saab <ps@mu.org> To: Richard Puga <puga@mauibuilt.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ips.ko load sequence Message-ID: <20030910220654.GA70617@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <3F58FB21.F0768E22@mauibuilt.com> References: <3F58C8BB.D83E703@mauibuilt.com> <20030905125156.M72174@root.org> <3F58FB21.F0768E22@mauibuilt.com>
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I dont have one of these cards, so I have no idea if this will work, but can you try: http://yogurt.org/FreeBSD/ips.diff Richard Puga (puga@mauibuilt.com) wrote: > That sounds exalty like what I need, Could you give me some pointer on how to > do that? > > Thank you very much. > > Richard Puga > puga@mauibuilt.com > > Nate Lawson wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Richard Puga wrote: > > > I have the ips driver working with the IBM ServerRaid 5i. However it > > > only works if I boot off an IDE drive and load the driver after the > > > kernel is loaded. > > > > > > What I believe the problem to be is the fact that this "Raid" card is > > > just an add in card to a modified PCI slot that makes the on board LSI > > > dual channel controller into a RAID, and something in the kernel is > > > loading (not the LSI driver its been taken out) which makes these 2 > > > separate devices act as one through the PCI bus and is the reason the > > > ips.ko driver can only be loaded after booting. > > > > > > I believe a quick and dirty fix for this may be to load the ips.ko > > > module after the kernel has booted and before init mounts /. > > > > > > Is there a way to do this via something in /boot/loader (the standard > > > way in loader.conf loads it too soon) or perhaps a way to compile isp > > > into the kernel in a way that it would be probed at a later time or in a > > > different sequence or to make the kernel load the module right before > > > ffs_mountroofs? > > > > Perhaps a better way is to split the driver probe and attach routines and > > run the latter at lowest startup priority so it runs right before the > > disk probe. > > > > -Nate -- -ps
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