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

[Cajus Pollmeier]

Am Montag, 27. Juni 2005 17:13 schrieb 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.
> > >
> > > >>Harald, you said your system booted in a virtual LPAR,
> > > >>  was that LPAR using real scsi ?
> > > >>  or wat it using virtual scsi ?
> > >
> > > Both of them are working. The dump i sent in my last mail was with
> > > using real scsi (driver "ipr").
> > >
> > > > Ok,; this is a bug in initrd-tools, and needs to be fixed.
> > >
> > > For OpenPower 720 virtual SCSI we need the driver "ibmvscsic.ko" lo=
aded
> > >
> > > with initrd, perhaps the entry is missing as Sven wrote:
> > > > Can you add the modules you need for your scsi device to
> > > > /etc/mkinitrd/modules and rerun the kernel-iumage configuration (=
dpkg
> > > > --reconfigure kernel-image-2.6.11-pseries) in the meantime, shoul=
d
> > > > solve your problem.
> > >
> > > I agree, that's what i did. Sorry not to mention this, i forgot. Fo=
r a
> > > vio (scsi) server i have also an entry for "ibmvscsis.ko", but this=
 is
> > > only needed on one LPAR in a physical machine (the one serving phys=
ical
> > > partitions/block devices/files to partitions without "real" SCSI
> > > hardware.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps?
> >
> > 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 askin=
g
> for ibmvscsic to be auto-detected ? I wonder what we need to be probed =
to
> detect that ibmscsic is needed ?

ddetect/discover-rs6k.sh show how the detection works. I'm wondering why =
it
is not inserted automatically for you. I didn't modify the initrd-tools t=
o=20
have it loaded automatically after the installation.

Cheers,
Cajus