Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 19:45:18 -0700
From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>
Cc: re@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Tidying src/release/*/{dokern.sh,drivers.conf}
Message-ID: <20030519024518.05B402A7EA@canning.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <3EC825C4.6040203@btc.adaptec.com>
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Scott Long wrote: > Peter Wemm wrote: > > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > >>On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 02:30:52PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > >> > >>>On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 11:31:30AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >>> > >>>>Index: sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC > >>>>=================================================================== > >>>>RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC,v > >>>>retrieving revision 1.159 > >>>>diff -u -r1.159 GENERIC > >>>>--- sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC 21 Apr 2003 16:44:04 -0000 1.159 > >>>>+++ sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC 18 May 2003 08:26:10 -0000 > >>>>@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ > >>>> # SCSI Controllers > >>>> device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices > >>>> device isp # Qlogic family > >>>>+device ispfw # Firmware module for Qlogic host adapt > > > > ers > > > >>>Why? The isp(4) and ispfw(4) maintainer has purposely not done this. > >> > >>Matt (mjacob) has learned me that having the right firmware > >>loaded via ispfw.ko can be quite crucial to have isp operate correctly. > >>ispfw.ko is rather big, due to the various different isp f/w > >>revs/cards it supports. > > > > > > Yes, but he had intended that it be used as a module so that it could be > > unloaded when finished. It is only used once, to bootstrap the cards. > > Putting it in GENERIC prevents the unload. > > > > Is the isp(4) driver smart enough to load the ispfw module in a default > install with no user intervention? I'm having trouble locating any code > in the isp driver that would do this. No, it doesn't. There was a loader.conf hook to load it, just like all the other module hooks. BTW; was this change made for i386 as well? It has the same isp cards that would presumably need the same firmware loaded. The same on ia64 - most of the older machines have ISP cards in there. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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