Re: non-free firmware
Hi Kevin,
On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 08:51 +0100, Kevin Stabel wrote:
> Hello Frans,
>
> Did you get the qlogic FC controller working in the end?
No and yes. No for the 4.9 kernel. It's all about the later qlogic
kernel driver.
And yes, because Debian sparc64 runs very well with a 3.16 kernel-
image. The sparc backported one to be clear. I extracted the package
and copied it manually into the new rootfs. And updated the silo.conf.
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-latest/linux-image-sp
arc64-smp_3.16+63~bpo70+1_sparc.deb
But maybe we just have to build a sparc64 package for it :-)
> I am facing the same issue now actually. It's still broken in the
> latest kernel in the repo.
Why isn't this surprising me :-)
> I also saw your report in the mailing list archives.
And a real bug post, so being able tracking it ...
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110081
> I've been able to find some information on it.
> It seems to have to do with endianness, and the way the configuration
> of the nvram on the card is read.
> Do you also get a message about inconsistent nvram configuration?
Both, it echo's this message with 4.9 and 3.16 kernels. And the 3.16 is
running well. So is that the problem?
> I applied the following patch to a vanilla 4.9.0 kernel, and it
> didn't work either.
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6533041/
I didn't check it out, yet. I have sold all my 1000's and 2000's. But
still have some Sun Blade 280R's laying around getting into dust, now.
> If anyone has any ideas, i would greatly appreciate their input, as
> it would be nice to use the controller given that i just got a batch
> of disks to use with the built in backplane.
I am open for new ideas as well.
Thanks,
Frans van Berckel
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