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<DIV><SPAN class=921064005-09052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Try
insmod instead this will give you more information about
errors.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921064005-09052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921064005-09052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Probably the rpm kernel version and your kernel version are not the
same.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921064005-09052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If
that is the problem you can force the module to load and you will probably
OK</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921064005-09052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=921064005-09052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Bruce</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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[mailto:firewire-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>peter.lomax@oracle.com Lomax<BR><B>Sent:</B> 09 May 2007
05:45<BR><B>To:</B> firewire-users@oss.oracle.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Firewire-users] Drivers not picked up and Device not
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am in the middle of a validation
of RAC with logical and physical dataguard with Grid
control.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Standard db and data guard +
manual setup is ok<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">GC is now
ok<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am now on the RAC part - I am in
the middle of configuring the firewire device for the shared
disk.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have read the README and my
queries are in line:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To use on Oracle Enterprise Linux 4:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">1) Download a kernel module rpm. Make sure your down the right kernel module<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> for architecture (i386, x86_64), and processor configuation (UP or SMP).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My RAC conf is 2 x Intel 32bit boxes, TI firewire cards and a Maxtor One Touch 250GB – <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have installed the latest OELinux 2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.EL<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have then downloaded and installed: <A href="http://oss.oracle.com/projects/firewire/dist/files/RedHat/RHEL4/i386/oracle-firewire-modules-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL-1286-1.i686.rpm">oracle-firewire-modules-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL-1286-1.i686.rpm</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#3366ff size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Currently up2date would not give me 42.0.3.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would also have to perform a manual apply as the machines are on an isolated network with no internet.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2) Install as follows, as user root:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> rpm -ivh <filename.rpm><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It installs drivers in /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.3.EL<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have tried the infamous copy.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I copied the files into the /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.EL directory.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As such an ls shows the kernel/drivers/ieee1394 in my 42.0.0.0.1 kernel’s directory structure.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Although I still have no entry at boot in dmesg<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">3) Load the firewire modules:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> modprobe ohci1394 ; modprobe sbp2<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">modprobe returns FATAL not found<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">At this stage I need some assistance as my device is obviously not seen.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Do you have any recommendations?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Peter<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> You can also just reboot, hotplug should load the module automatically<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> for you.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> This should load the firewire stack and detect the disk. The disk will be<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> shown as a scsi device, /dev/sdXX, if you are unsure which device, the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> dmesg command will show the detected disk. e.g.:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ieee1394: sbp2: Maximum concurrent logins supported: 4<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ieee1394: sbp2: Number of active logins: 0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ieee1394: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Vendor: IBM-DJNA Model: -371800 Rev:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 06<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">SCSI device sda: 35239680 512-byte hdwr sectors (18043 MB)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">sda: asking for cache data failed<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">sda: assuming drive cache: write through<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> sda: sda1<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Attached scsi disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">5) if you wish to use this setup for Oracle RAC, just follow the standard<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> documentation for RHEL4/EL4.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE>
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