From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tarjei Huse Subject: Re: Adaptect 9405w: What is the best solution? Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:12:58 +0100 Message-ID: <45ACDD6A.7040201@scanventure.no> References: <45A6195E.7020103@scanventure.no> <45A6570C.3090308@torque.net> <45A6906D.3040805@us.ibm.com> <45A694A1.6010400@scanventure.no> <45A69937.8030400@us.ibm.com> <45A6C33C.8060900@scanventure.no> <45A81BBF.7050104@us.ibm.com> <45AA4A7B.7070607@scanventure.no> <45ABE920.7090304@us.ibm.com> Reply-To: Tarjei Huse Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail2.bergfald.no ([213.158.252.226]:1565 "EHLO mail2.bergfald.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750996AbXAPONG (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:13:06 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.bergfald.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBB46296F71 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:13:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail2.bergfald.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail2 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25138-06 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:12:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.9.1.251] (unknown [10.9.1.251]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail2.bergfald.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27F0B296F61 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:12:58 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <45ABE920.7090304@us.ibm.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Darrick J. Wong wrote: > Tarjei Huse wrote: > > >> Duh! Thanks :-) >> >> After doing as you suggested, and running make oldconfig using the >> configuration from Ubuntu Dapper (2.6.15-23-server) and the stock Ubuntu >> Edgy I get the same error when booting the kernel: >> >> PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at e00000000 is not E820-reserved >> PCI: Not using MMCONFIG >> PCI Cannot allocate resource region 7 of bridge 0000:00:01.1 >> PCI Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:01.1 >> PCI Cannot allocate resource region 9 of bridge 0000:00:01.1 >> > > This is a known conflict between the kernel and the BIOS. As far as I > know this should not affect the operation of the aic94xx because it is a > PCIX device, and bridge 0:0:1.1 is a PCIe port. At least on the x306m... > > >> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown >> wn-block(0,0) >> >> Is this some missing compile option or a bug? >> > > Perhaps. Could you send a full output? It does not appear that the > aic94xx driver is loading at all...? > Duh again. I thought I had added the module to the initrd, but that didn't happen. Ok, I'm one step further. Where can I get the binary firmware the adapter asks for? [ 2.119258] aic94xx: Adaptec aic94xx SAS/SATA driver version 1.0.3 loaded [ 2.119335] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:04.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 2.119379] aic94xx: found Adaptec AIC-9405W SAS/SATA Host Adapter, device 0000:03:04.0 [ 2.119382] scsi0 : aic94xx [ 12.158371] aic94xx: Failed to load sequencer firmware file aic94xx-seq-v28.bin, error -2 [ 12.158375] aic94xx: couldn't init seqs for 0000:03:04.0 [ 12.158376] aic94xx: couldn't init the chip Kind regards, Tarjei > --D >