Peter, (1) you are welcome (2) you should cite the bug number for the benefit of others who may encounter this thread.
-Joseph ====================================================================== On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 14:38 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Joseph, > > There is already one there. I should have looked there before. > > I've learnt a lot in the last few weeks. > > Thanks for all your help. > > Peter > > > > > > "Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 17/05/2005 14:08:20 > > Please respond to Yellow Dog Linux General Discussion List > <[email protected]> > > > > To: Yellow Dog Linux General Discussion List > <[email protected]> > cc: (bcc: Peter G Harper/Magnox/Berkeley/BNFL) > Fax to: > Subject: Re: fusion-MPT > > > > Looks like a regression bug. You should file a bug report at > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/ > > -Joseph > ============================================================================== > > > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 09:15 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Joseph, > > > > I did all of that, although I used mkinitrd rather than > > /sbin/new-kernel-pkg. > > I've had to rebuild the kernel several times, first to apply the patch > to > > stop the fans from running at full speed, and then to enable Fibre > Channel > > and LVM > > support, I'm getting quite comfortable with the process now. That all > > worked perfectly for 2.6.8. > > > > I can build a kernel for 2.6.10 which works too, but when I add support > for > > the Fibre Channel > > it just won't boot. It gets to the point in the boot process where it > would > > detect the Fibre Channel > > disks and just stops. The same thing happened when I tried 2.6.9. > > > > I seem to have solved my particular problem now however. I took the > 2.6.8.1 > > source from > > www.kernel.org and patched in the tree below fs/ as well as > > include/linux/fs.h into the YDL > > 2.6.8 and that built quite happily. The problem I had with NFS seems to > > have gone. > > > > There just seem to be something in 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 that stops the kernel > > from finding > > the Fibre Channel disks. > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 16/05/2005 > 18:16:41 > > > > > > To: Peter G Harper/Magnox/Berkeley/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: > > Fax to: > > Subject: fusion-MPT > > > > > > > > When you rebuilt the kernel, what did you do to install the new kernel? > > maybe there's an issue there. > > > > When I rebuild a kernel, it has a new name, for example > > > > vmlinux-2.6.10-2 > > > > Take a look at > > > > path-to-kernel-source/include/linux/version.h > > > > to determine the name of your new kernel. > > > > * install kernel and system map > > > > vmlinux -> /boot/vmlinux-2.6.10-2 > > System.map -> /boot/System.map-2.6.10-2 > > > > * install modules > > > > make modules_install > > > > * generate a new /boot/initrd file > > > > /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --rminitrd --rmmoddep --remove 2.6.10-2 > > /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.6.10-2 > > > > * edit /etc/yaboot.conf > > Add an entry for the new kernel: > > > > image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.10-2 > > label=linux > > read-only > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.10-2.img > > root=/dev/sdb4 > > append="rhgb quiet" > > > > * install the yaboot boot loader to the bootstrap partition: > > RUN: > > /sbin/ybin -v [-v to see what it's doing] > > > > -Joseph > > > > > > -- > > joseph_sacco [at] comcast [dot] net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The information contained in this email may be commercially sensitive > and/or legally privileged. 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