On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 17:10 -0500, Andrew Parker wrote: > On Nov 15, 2007 2:33 PM, Bob Kryger <bobk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So, I have an F7 system w/ a QLA2310 HBA. Everything works OK, when done > > by hand. > > > > But when I reboot, the kernel module is not getting loaded correctly, > > the firmware not loaded, then the md not assembled and not mounted. > > > > So I unload the module, reload the module (which loads the firmware), > > assemble the md0, and mount by hand and it works. > > > > Questions: > > Why is the module load at boot time not loading the firmware? > > Where is that module load done in the startup sequence? > > How do I approach resolution correctly, avoiding hacking the startup? > > did you rebuild your initrd? i seem to remember getting some > wierdness with our 2312 cards (on RHEL, not Fedora) like that You should put "alias scsi_hostadapterX qla23xx"-type entries in your modprobe.conf file and rebuild the initrd. When you rebuild the initrd, I'd recommend you add the "-v" option and verify that the modules are being put in the initrd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - God is real...........unless declared integer or long - ----------------------------------------------------------------------