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From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
To: gentoo-sparc@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-sparc] Fw: [2.6.29.4] Blade 2000
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:37:50
Message-Id: 20090604233739.303daee1@anaconda.krait.us
1 Perhaps of interest if you use the ql2200_fw.bin
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3 Begin forwarded message:
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5 Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:39:06 -0700 (PDT)
6 From: David Miller <davem@×××××××××.net>
7 To: joel.bertrand@××××××××.fr
8 Cc: sparclinux@×××××××××××.org
9 Subject: Re: [2.6.29.4] Blade 2000
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12 From: BERTRAND Joël <joel.bertrand@××××××××.fr>
13 Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 11:58:54 +0200
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15 > BERTRAND Joël a écrit :
16 >> Hello,
17 >> I have made some minor modifications in bbc_i2c driver to add en entry
18 >> in /proc directory. ALl mofications have been made against 2.6.29.4
19 >> but I haven't verified that this kernel was bootable.
20 >> I have built my own bbc_i2c driver as a module. 2.6.29.4 kernel hangs
21 >> just after qla2xxx initialization. I don't think that this driver try
22 >> to upload firmware. This firmware is built into the kernel.
23 >> CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
24 >> # CONFIG_STANDALONE is not set
25 >> # CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is not set
26 >> CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y
27 >> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
28 >> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ql2200_fw.bin"
29 >> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
30 >> Root rayleigh:[/lib/firmware] > ls
31 >> edgeport emi62 keyspan_pda ql2100_fw.bin ql2300_fw.bin ql2400_fw.bin
32 >> emi26 ess korg ql2200_fw.bin ql2322_fw.bin yamaha
33 >> Root rayleigh:[/lib/firmware] >
34 >> Configuration:
35 >> Blade 2000, 2 GB, 2*UIII+/900, Creator3D, internal NIC + 2*3Com NIC.
36 >> Is it a known trouble ?
37 >
38 > Nobody ? I have tried 2.6.29.1 with exactly the same bug. 2.6.28.7
39 > worked fine.
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41 I wonder if there is some subtle endianness problem with the
42 qlogic firmware, so we load it incorrectly into the chip and
43 it hangs.
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51 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
52 Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)

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