On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:09 PM, James Dinkel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm getting ready to use Jaunty on a Dell server with QLogic fibre channel > cards in it. I'm getting the firmware error described here: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/328550. The > workaround says this: > > "You can trivially add support by creating your own file in > /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks that copies /lib/udev/firmware.sh and the > /lib/firmware/ql2400_fw.bin file into the initramfs" > > (In my case the firmware would be ql2300_fw.bin ). But I don't understand, > how do I copy a file into the initramfs. I have no idea what that means. > > James > with a little digging and experimentation, I've figured out that the file in the hooks directory probably has to be made executable, and I think this might be close to what needs to go in the hooks file (I called mine /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/qlogic_firmware): cp /lib/udev/firmware.sh ${DESTDIR}/lib/udev/ cp /lib/firmware/ql2200_fw.bin ${DESTDIR}/lib/firmware/ cp /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules ${DESTDIR}/lib/udev/rules.d/ However this does not work, the files do not get copied into the initrd image. James
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