Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:38:11 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ispfw asm_2300.h (fwd) Message-ID: <20030224153222.H12199@mailhost.quaver.net>
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[ moved from cvs-* ] > > >On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 02:17:01PM -0800, Matt Jacob wrote: >> mjacob 2003/02/24 14:17:01 PST >> >> Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) >> sys/dev/ispfw asm_2300.h >> Log: >> MFC: pull latest f/w into RELENG_4 brance >> >> Approved by: re (jhb) > >Matt, would it make sense to you to have isp spit >out a warning on the console in case ispfw is not >loaded? Given that you really want ispfw to make sure >you have updated fw loaded. > >Just an idea, dunno how difficult it would be to detect >ispfw.ko ? Trivial. I have a null pointer in isp that ispfw.ko fills in. There are a couple of issues here. One is that, strictly speaking, you shouldn't *have* to have F/W loaded by the driver *unless* you're on a platform that doesn't start the card for you. If I could *get* QLogic to tell me where in flash for each card they put firmware then I wouldn't have to have ispfw and haul around 300KB of f/w for all cards. If I get around to my plans to rewrite isp for it's 3rd version, it will be split into multiple pieces that will allow SCSI and FC configs, be smarter about f/w downloads, and so on. Barring that, if MFSROOT, I can't have ispfw configured except on the 3rd floppy. I was on my way to trying to get that done when I decided I needed a break from FreeBSD- dunno if it survived all the people fooling around with floppy sets or not. In any case, if we *have* room to keep the f/w around, it should just be included as a default. If we don't, then warning about it not being present is perhaps a bit silly. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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