Tidying src/release/*/{dokern.sh,drivers.conf}
Scott Long
scott_long at btc.adaptec.com
Sun May 18 17:31:26 PDT 2003
Peter Wemm wrote:
> Wilko Bulte wrote:
>
>>On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 02:30:52PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 11:31:30AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>>>
>>>>Index: sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC
>>>>===================================================================
>>>>RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC,v
>>>>retrieving revision 1.159
>>>>diff -u -r1.159 GENERIC
>>>>--- sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC 21 Apr 2003 16:44:04 -0000 1.159
>>>>+++ sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC 18 May 2003 08:26:10 -0000
>>>>@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
>>>> # SCSI Controllers
>>>> device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
>>>> device isp # Qlogic family
>>>>+device ispfw # Firmware module for Qlogic host adapt
>
> ers
>
>>>Why? The isp(4) and ispfw(4) maintainer has purposely not done this.
>>
>>Matt (mjacob) has learned me that having the right firmware
>>loaded via ispfw.ko can be quite crucial to have isp operate correctly.
>>ispfw.ko is rather big, due to the various different isp f/w
>>revs/cards it supports.
>
>
> Yes, but he had intended that it be used as a module so that it could be
> unloaded when finished. It is only used once, to bootstrap the cards.
> Putting it in GENERIC prevents the unload.
>
Is the isp(4) driver smart enough to load the ispfw module in a default
install with no user intervention? I'm having trouble locating any code
in the isp driver that would do this.
Scott
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