loading aic7xxx module

Andrew Sharp andy at netfall.com
Wed Jan 24 15:35:55 PST 2001


For loading during boot try

(1)

adding it to /etc/modules  OR

(2)

add the line

alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx

to the file /etc/modutils/aliases and then run update-modules.


a



Gianluca Cecchi wrote:

> I'm not an expert on this but you need initrd feature (that stays for
> INITial Ram Disk) or compile
> directly into the kernel the aictxxx support (reasonable if you definetly
> always use the disks).
> Search for "initrd".
> Hope it helps.
> Bye,
> Gianluca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Johan Aberg" <ja at fido.se>
> To: <aic7xxx at FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 11:38 PM
> Subject: loading aic7xxx module
>
> >
> > Kind of *very* basic question, but...
> >
> > How do I make sure that the aic7xxx module is being loaded at boot time?
> > I've tried 'insmod aic7xxx' manually and that works great. The SCSI card
> is
> > detected and so is the SCSI drive.
> >
> > But when I reboot, the aic7xxx module doesn't seems to load. Have I missed
> > something? Do I have to add a line in a startup script or something (like
> > 'insmod aic7xxx' )?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -johan
> >
> >
> >
> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo at FreeBSD.org
> > with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo at FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo at FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message




More information about the aic7xxx mailing list