[Users] BFA FC driver no stable on Fedora

Wed Jan 23 14:10:05 UTC 2013

Hi

As attached a fresh compiled module BFA which work fine for
kernel 3.6.1-1.fc17.x86_64.
Does anyone know howto replace the one on oVirt Node Hypervisor release
2.5.5 (0.1.fc17) after a reboot ?

Kevin

2013/1/23 Kevin Maziere Aubry <kevin.maziere at alterway.fr>

> Hi
>
> I've spent hours to make my Brocade FC card working on Fedora17 or Ovirt
> Node build.
> In fact the card are randomly seen by the system, which is really painfull.
> So I've downloaded, compile and installed the latest driver from Brocade,
> and now when I load the module the card is seen.
> So I've installed :
> bfa_util_linux_noioctl-3.2.0.0-0.noarch
> bfa_driver_linux-3.2.0.0-0.noarch
>
> And the module info are :
> # modinfo bfa
> filename:       /lib/modules/3.3.4-5
> .fc17.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/bfa.ko
> version:        3.2.0.0
> author:         Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
> description:    Brocade Fibre Channel HBA Driver fcpim ipfc
> license:        GPL
> srcversion:     5C0FBDF3571ABCA9632B9CA
> alias:          pci:v00001657d00000022sv*sd*bc0Csc04i00*
> alias:          pci:v00001657d00000021sv*sd*bc0Csc04i00*
> alias:          pci:v00001657d00000014sv*sd*bc0Csc04i00*
> alias:          pci:v00001657d00000017sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias:          pci:v00001657d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> depends:        scsi_transport_fc
> vermagic:       3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 SMP mod_unload
> parm:           os_name:OS name of the hba host machine (charp)
> parm:           os_patch:OS patch level of the hba host machine (charp)
> parm:           host_name:Hostname of the hba host machine (charp)
> parm:           num_rports:Max number of rports supported per port
> (physical/logical), default=1024 (int)
> parm:           num_ioims:Max number of ioim requests, default=2000 (int)
> parm:           num_tios:Max number of fwtio requests, default=0 (int)
> parm:           num_tms:Max number of task im requests, default=128 (int)
> parm:           num_fcxps:Max number of fcxp requests, default=64 (int)
> parm:           num_ufbufs:Max number of unsolicited frame buffers,
> default=64 (int)
> parm:           reqq_size:Max number of request queue elements,
> default=256 (int)
> parm:           rspq_size:Max number of response queue elements,
> default=64 (int)
> parm:           num_sgpgs:Number of scatter/gather pages, default=2048
> (int)
> parm:           rport_del_timeout:Rport delete timeout, default=90 secs,
> Range[>0] (int)
> parm:           bfa_lun_queue_depth:Lun queue depth, default=32, Range[>0]
> (int)
> parm:           bfa_io_max_sge:Max io scatter/gather elements ,
> default=255 (int)
> parm:           log_level:Driver log level, default=3,
> Range[Critical:1|Error:2|Warning:3|Info:4] (int)
> parm:           ioc_auto_recover:IOC auto recovery, default=1,
> Range[off:0|on:1] (int)
> parm:           linkup_delay:Link up delay, default=30 secs for boot port.
> Otherwise 10 secs in RHEL4 & 0 for [RHEL5, SLES10, ESX40] Range[>0] (int)
> parm:           msix_disable_cb:Disable Message Signaled Interrupts for
> Brocade-415/425/815/825 cards, default=0, Range[false:0|true:1] (int)
> parm:           msix_disable_ct:Disable Message Signaled Interrupts if
> possible for Brocade-1010/1020/804/1007/1741 cards, default=0,
> Range[false:0|true:1] (int)
> parm:           fdmi_enable:Enables fdmi registration, default=1,
> Range[false:0|true:1] (int)
> parm:           pcie_max_read_reqsz:PCIe max read request size, default=0
> (use system setting), Range[128|256|512|1024|2048|4096] (int)
> parm:           max_xfer_size:default=32MB,
> Range[64k|128k|256k|512k|1024k|2048k] (int)
> parm:           max_rport_logins:Max number of logins to initiator and
> target rports on a port (physical/logical), default=1024 (int)
>
> I guess that I could be a possible to update the driver inside the Ovirt
> Node build ?
>
>
> Kevin
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>
> Kevin Mazière
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>

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Kevin Mazière
Responsable Infrastructure
Alter Way – Hosting
 1 rue Royal - 227 Bureaux de la Colline
92213 Saint-Cloud Cedex
Tél : +33 (0)1 41 16 38 41
Mob : +33 (0)7 62 55 57 05
 http://www.alterway.fr
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