Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 13:51:00 +0000 From: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com> To: Richard Puga <puga@mauibuilt.com> Cc: scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ips.ko load sequence for IBM ServerRaid 5i Message-ID: <20030905135100.GA42050@chuggalug.clues.com> In-Reply-To: <3F57DBF6.A96CABE3@mauibuilt.com> References: <3F57DBF6.A96CABE3@mauibuilt.com>
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I know this is the already the second place you have been directed to, but you may have more luck in freebsd-scsi. (cc'd there) On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 02:42:30PM -1000, Richard Puga wrote: > I do have the ips driver working with the IBM ServerRaid 5i. However it > only works if I boot > of 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 it > 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? > > Thanks again in advance > > Richard Puga > puga@mauibuilt.com > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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