Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:06:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Stephen Comoletti <scomoletti@hotmail.com> Cc: mjacob@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alpha/30905: reboot hang when using qlogic 1040/isp based driver on freebsd 4.0-4.4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110022205200.97074-100000@beppo> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110022202230.97074-100000@beppo>
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Oh- and to specifically answer you question- ispfw was split out of isp in order to fit isp onto a boot floppy as well as be able to (eventually) unload ispfw after boot has loaded the f/w that is needed. -matt On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Matthew Jacob wrote: > This is a very good question. The driver *should* function with the strange > vendor specific f/w that Digital SRM loads- but clearly there was a problem > here in this case. You wouldn't happen to have a SCSI analyzer to throw on > this and tell me what the hell happened would you? > > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Stephen Comoletti wrote: > > > Adding ispfw_load="YES" fixed the problem. Just out of curiosity, why has > > this behavior changed from 3x to 4x that now requires manual intervention > > after a new install to load the firmware? > > > > Thanks for the help and the quick reply also. > > > > Regards, > > > > Steve > > > > >From: <mjacob@FreeBSD.org> > > >To: scomoletti@hotmail.com, mjacob@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, > > >mjacob@FreeBSD.org > > >Subject: Re: alpha/30905: reboot hang when using qlogic 1040/isp based > > >driver on freebsd 4.0-4.4 > > >Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 22:23:52 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > >Synopsis: reboot hang when using qlogic 1040/isp based driver on freebsd > > >4.0-4.4 > > > > > >State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback > > >State-Changed-By: mjacob > > >State-Changed-When: Mon Oct 1 22:23:30 PDT 2001 > > >State-Changed-Why: > > >Need feedback. > > > > > > > > >Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->mjacob > > >Responsible-Changed-By: mjacob > > >Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Oct 1 22:23:30 PDT 2001 > > >Responsible-Changed-Why: > > >My driver. This is the first I've heard of this kind of hang for a while. > > >Can you retry and make sure that Qlogic firmware is being loaded > > >by adding the line > > > > > >ispfw_load="YES" > > > > > >to /boot/loader.conf or manually stopping the boot and doing > > > > > >load ispfw > > > > > >at the 'ok' prompt? Please also do a > > > > > >verbose="YES" > > > > > >to get a verbose boot. > > > > > >http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=30905 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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