On 7/27/05, Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Rajat Jain wrote: > > On 7/26/05, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 11:02:39AM +0900, Rajat Jain wrote: > > > > I'm using Kernel 2.6.9 and am having a Qlogic QLE2362 FC-HBA in my > > > > system. I selected all the Qlogic SCSI drivers while buiding the > > > > kernel. Now the problem is that every time I reboot, I have to > > > > MANUALLY modprobe the qla2322.ko module in the kernel and only then my > > > > HBA works. By default, the kernel loads qla2300.ko, which is not the > > > > correct driver for the card, and hence the HBA does not work. Here is > > > > the lspci output: > > > > > > "by default" the kernel does not load any modules. That's up to the > > > hotplug system, or some other package. > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > greg k-h > > > > > > > Thanks. I just checked .. that is right. So let me put it this way. > > When ever I hot-plug my HBA into the system, the driver "qla2300" gets > > loaded. Where as the correct driver is "qla2322". This evident from > > the output of "modules.pcimap" file and "lspci". The PCI device number > > of HBA is 2322. and in modules.pcimap file, qla2322 is supposed to be > > loaded when this HBA is hot-plugged. But module qla2300 is getting > > loaded. > > > > Any pointers on where could the problem be? Or how should I approach > > this problem? > > A similar problem was noted with RHEL4, it seems the modules.pcimap > and pci.ids file were correct, but the pcitable file contained entries > for all ql[ae]23xx based HBAs to load qla2300.ko. > > It's my understanding that this was fixed for RHEL4 U1. Which distro > are you using? If you are using RHEL, and are still having problems, > I'd suggest you file a report with Redhat. > > Regards, > Andrew Vasquez > BINGO! I AM using RHEL 4. So does that mean I can rectify the problem by making appropriate changes to "pcitable" file? Thanks a Ton ! Rajat -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
