jinhong hu wrote: > host A and host B are connected to the same FC switch with qla2300 HBA card. > And I can see device such as "/dev/sda" through command "fdisk -l" on A. > but if I reboot host B, then the device is removed for some reason. > The messages are: > kernel: rport-0:0-0: blocked FC remote port time out: removing target and > saving binding > kernel: rport-1:0-0: blocked FC remote port time out: removing target and > saving binding > > My problem is, the device can not come back automaticly unless I reload > the driver module "qla2300". But after I reload module "qla2300" on host A, > the device on host B disappeared. > Now I've updated my kernel to 2.6.15.git6B I select the driver as: > <*> QLogic QLA2XXX Fibre Channel Support > [ ] Use firmware-loader modules (DEPRECATED) > but After I reboot my host to the new kernel, I can not find the device. > The logs are: > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:07:01.0[A] -> GSI 96 > (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.0: Found an ISP2312, irq 169, > iobase 0xf8816000 > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.0: Configuring PCI space... > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.0: Configure NVRAM > parameters... > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.0: Verifying loaded RISC > code... > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.0: Firmware image unavailable. > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.0: Failed to initialize adapter > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: Trying to free free IRQ169 > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:07:01.0 > disabled > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:07:01.0 > disabled > Jan 11 16:53:07 nd10 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:07:01.1[B] -> GSI 97 > (level, low) -> IRQ 177 > Jan 11 16:53:08 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.1: Found an ISP2312, irq 177, > iobase 0xf8816000 > Jan 11 16:53:08 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.1: Configuring PCI space... > Jan 11 16:53:08 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.1: Configure NVRAM > parameters... > Jan 11 16:53:08 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.1: Verifying loaded RISC > code... > Jan 11 16:53:08 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.1: Firmware image unavailable. > Jan 11 16:53:08 nd10 kernel: qla2xxx 0000:07:01.1: Failed to initialize adapter > Jan 11 16:53:08 nd10 kernel: Trying to free free IRQ177 > > > if I select the driver as: > QLogic QLA2XXX Fibre Channel Support > [*] Use firmware-loader modules (DEPRECATED) > Build QLogic ISP2100 firmware-module > Build QLogic ISP2200 firmware-module > Build QLogic ISP2300 firmware-module > Build QLogic ISP2322 firmware-module > Build QLogic ISP63xx firmware-module > Build QLogic ISP24xx firmware-module > > The problem of the comment 5 already exists. > Howerver, if I use the kernel 2.6.11.3, I've not encountered this problem. > > What can I do for my system? > > > ------- Additional Comment #8 From Luckey 2006-01-11 01:52 ------- > after I type the command "fdisk -l", the logs are: > Jan 11 17:57:47 nd10 kernel: rport-10:0-0: blocked FC remote port time out: > removing target and saving binding > Jan 11 17:57:48 nd10 kernel: 10:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10000 > Jan 11 17:57:48 nd10 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 > Jan 11 17:57:48 nd10 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 > Jan 11 17:57:48 nd10 kernel: 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device > Jan 11 17:57:48 nd10 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 > Jan 11 17:58:23 nd10 kernel: rport-11:0-0: blocked FC remote port time out: > removing target and saving binding > Jan 11 17:58:23 nd10 kernel: 11:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x10000 > Jan 11 17:58:23 nd10 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 > Jan 11 17:58:23 nd10 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 > Jan 11 17:58:23 nd10 kernel: 11:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device > Jan 11 17:58:23 nd10 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Hello, I run 2.6.15 and a qla2100 with the same driver qla2xxx. I have no problem on startup. Is off/N ??? And I have no choice for the firmware. Mmm. Is there such a big difference between versions? Or is my configuration file wrong/old?? BR Hans-Juergen Lange