[Debian-ppc64-devel] Re: Debian Linux is running in a POWER5 IBM iSeries (i5) model 9406-520

[Sven Luther]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 02:00:31PM +0200, David Gaya wrote:
> On 6/26/05, Harald G=F6rl <Harald.Goerl@rz.uni-augsburg.de> wrote:
> > Hi again.
> >=20
> > >>Harald, you said your system booted in a virtual LPAR,
> > >>  was that LPAR using real scsi ?
> > >>  or wat it using virtual scsi ?
> >=20
> > Both of them are working. The dump i sent in my last mail was with us=
ing
> > real scsi (driver "ipr").
> >=20
> > > Ok,; this is a bug in initrd-tools, and needs to be fixed.
> >=20
> > For OpenPower 720 virtual SCSI we need the driver "ibmvscsic.ko" load=
ed
> > with initrd, perhaps the entry is missing as Sven wrote:
> >=20
> > > Can you add the modules you need for your scsi device to /etc/mkini=
trd/modules
> > > and rerun the kernel-iumage configuration (dpkg --reconfigure
> > > kernel-image-2.6.11-pseries) in the meantime, should solve your pro=
blem.
> >=20
> > I agree, that's what i did. Sorry not to mention this, i forgot. For =
a
> > vio (scsi) server i have also an entry for "ibmvscsis.ko", but this i=
s
> > only needed on one LPAR in a physical machine (the one serving physic=
al
> > partitions/block devices/files to partitions without "real" SCSI hard=
ware.
> >=20
> > Hope this helps?
> >=20
> Yep.
> I added ibmvscsic to /etc/mkinitrd/modules
> run "dpkg-reconfigure kernel-image-2.6.11-pseries"
> and now it works.

Cool, can you fill a bug against initrd-tools with this info, and asking =
for
ibmvscsic to be auto-detected ? I wonder what we need to be probed to det=
ect
that ibmscsic is needed ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther