Hello all, I'm running Ubuntu (Xubuntu) 7.04 "Gutsy Gibbon" on
an IBM Blade Server with QLogic's iSCSI HBA, and attempting
to boot from SAN. The driver that comes on the CD claims to be
versoin 5.00.07, but doesn't really work. I'm using the source
version of the web site with minimal patches for the kernel version
change.
According to Ubuntu's
bug report on the issue, it seems that the driver will pick up
the attached volumes after running this command:
for scanfile in `find /sys/class/scsi_host/ -name scan`; do echo "- - -" > $scanfile; done
I can verify this behavior, but the bug report also states that
behavior is erratic following this.
Rather than wait to find out if this is the case for me too, I
decided to download the driver source and build it myself within
the live CD image. This works fine once the source is patched to
account for changes in the kernel headers. I've attached my patch
file for reference, in the hope that it proves useful in keeping
the driver up to date.
I'd like to take just a minute now and plead for first-class
support for Ubuntu and its variants. I think many on these forums
would agree that Ubuntu is maturing rapidly into a capable server
platform. I plan on using it to host multiple Windows 2003 domain
controllers via Xen or VMware when I get this driver issue
handled.
Thanks for listening.
