Re: SPARC SunBlade 2000 fails to find disks: ql2200_fw.bin not found, "Firmware image unavailable." (kernel 2.6.26, Debian lenny)

[Joost van Baal <joostvb-debian-sparc-20100203-2@mdcc.cx>]

Hi Jurij e.a.,

Op Wed  3 Feb 2010 om 09:52:57 +0000 schreef Jurij Smakov:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 10:48:47PM +0100, Joost van Baal wrote:
> > Op Wed  3 Feb 2010 om 10:22:15 +0100 schreef Joost van Baal:
> > > Op Wed  3 Feb 2010 om 07:36:50 +0000 schreef Jurij Smakov:
> > > > On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 06:23:03PM +0100, Joost van Baal wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm installing Debian lenny on a SunBlade 2000 sparc for demo-ing at the FOSDEM
> > > > > conference debian booth.  ql2200_fw.bin is not found by my kernel, while it
> > > > > _is_ included in the initrd.  Booting the system from a Debian installer CD,
> > > > > and supplying ql2200_fw.bin via an USB-stick works just fine: I've installed
> > > > > the complete OS on the system's disks this way.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The kernel on disk is vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-sparc64 from
> > > > > linux-image-2.6.26-2-sparc64 package, version 2.6.26-21.
> > > > > /usr/sbin/update-initramfs is from initramfs-tools (0.92o).
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any clues on how to get this system to find it's disks is very much
> > > > > appreciated.  Unfortunately little time is left for me: the conference is gonna
> > > > > happen in 3 days, while the system is scheduled to get shipped there even
> > > > > earlier....
> > > > 
> > > > Can you check that the firmware file actually makes it to the initrd? 
> > > > It's just a gzipped cpio archive, you can extract it like that (in a 
> > > > temp directory):
> > > > 
> > > > cp /boot/initrd-<version> initrd.gz
> > > > gzip -d initrd.gz
> > > > cpio -i < initrd
> > > 
> > > Yes, it is included in the initrd:
> > > 
> > > ~ # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> > > ~ # for i in proc sys dev dev/pts; do mount --bind /$i /mnt/$i ;done
> > > ~ # chroot /mnt
> > > sh-3.2# mount /usr
> > > sh-3.2# mount /tmp
> > > sh-3.2# cd /tmp
> > > sh-3.2# zcat /boot/initrd.img | cpio -i
> > > 18477 blocks
> > > sh-3.2# ls -l lib/firmware/ql2*
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  76802 Feb  3 21:19 lib/firmware/ql2100_fw.bin
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  84566 Feb  3 21:19 lib/firmware/ql2200_fw.bin    <- the right one
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123170 Feb  3 21:19 lib/firmware/ql2300_fw.bin
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132978 Feb  3 21:19 lib/firmware/ql2322_fw.bin
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 227884 Feb  3 21:19 lib/firmware/ql2400_fw.bin
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 198044 Feb  3 21:19 lib/firmware/ql2500_fw.bin
> > > 
> > > I'll reboot once more and will record the exact kernel error messages.
> > > Perhaps that'll help...
> > 
> > Some of the boot messages:
> > 
> >  [...] QLogic Fiber Channel HBA Driver: 8.02.01-k4
> >  [...] qla2xxx 0001:00:04.0: Found an ISP2200, irq 22, iobase 0x00....
> >  [...] qla2xxx 0001:00:04.0: Configuring PCI space...
> >  [...] qla2xxx 0001:00:04.0: Configure NVRAM parameters...
> >  [...] qla2xxx 0001:00:04.0: Inconsistent NVRAM detected: checksum=0x0 id=<4>qla2xxx 0001:00:04.0: Falling back to functioning (yet invalid -- WWPN) defaults.
> >  [...] qla2xxx 0001:00:04.0: Verifying loaded RISC code...
> >  [...] firmware: requesting ql2200_fw.bin
> >  [...] qla2xxx 0001:00:04.0: Firmware image unavailable.
> >  [...] qla2xxx 0001:00:04.0: Firmware images can be retreived from: ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/firmware/.
> >  Failed to initialize adapter
> >  done.
> >  Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done.
> >  ....
> >  Waiting for root filesystem ... done.
> >  Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
> >  ...
> >  ALERT! /dev/sdb1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
> 
> Do you see the firmware on the initrd after it drops you into the 
> initrd shell?

Can't check now: just found out my USB keyboard is not working in this shell.
I'll reboot tomorrow with an old school VT terminal, or try to rebuild the
initrd with usb-support.

> If it's there, what happens if you remove the module and 
> then  reload it:
> 
> modprobe -r qla2xxx
> modprobe qla2xxx

Will try that.

> > Perhaps ql2200_fw.bin should not be installed as /lib/firmware/ql2200_fw.bin in
> > the initrd, but at some other location?  (I'll inspect the installer's initrd
> > tomorrow; first get some sleep now...)
> > 
> > Or maybe some needed modules are missing from the initrd?  (While installing
> > I've chosen "custom", not "just include all modules".)
> > 
> > Or maybe the "Inconsistent NVRAM" is causing the troubles?

Or flaky hardware?

(FWIW: the initrd includes these modules:

./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2xxx.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd_mod.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/net/sunvnet.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/block/sunvdc.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/dm-snapshot.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/dm-log.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mirror.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/md-mod.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/linear.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/multipath.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/raid0.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/raid1.ko

./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/raid456.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/md/raid10.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/crypto/xor.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.ko
./lib/modules/2.6.26-2-sparc64/kernel/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.ko

)

Thanks, Bye,

Joost

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