Emulex lpfc Driver Problems

[rcaisse]

I am PXE booting a SuSE 10 filesystem using a custom kernel (2.6.16.2) and I'm trying to install the lpfc driver using the lpfc-install script found in the lpfc_2.6_driver_kit-8.0.16.27-1. When I run the script, this is what I get:

linux:/pdd/Emulex/lpfc_2.6_driver_kit-8.0.16.27-1 # ./lpfc-install
Emulex LPFC Driver Installer Version 2906
Determining distribution type and kernel version ...
Checking for Emulex LPFCDFC driver packages ...
Checking for old Emulex driver ...
Looking for kernel source package ...
Looking for compilers ...
Searching for LPFC Driver source RPM from /pdd/Emulex/lpfc_2.6_driver_kit-8.0.16.27-1/. ...
Installing package ...
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:lpfcdriver_2.6 ########################################### [100%]
Building LPFC driver ......
- Error 1 while building/installing driver.
- Log is contained in /usr/src/lpfc/errlog
error: %post(lpfcdriver_2.6-8.0.16.27-1) scriptlet failed, exit status 5

Error during RPM installation
Error installing LPFC Driver source RPM.
Loading LPFC Driver .FATAL: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.16.2/kernel/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.ko': No such file or directory
.

Error loading LPFC Driver
Please refer to the following file(s) for more information
about this driver load failure:
/var/log/messages
/var/log/warn
Please contact Emulex Technical Support



The /usr/src/lpfc/errlog contains:

make: Entering directory `/usr/src/lpfc'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16.2/build SUBDIRS=`pwd` CONFIG_SCSI_LPFC=m modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-2.6.16.2'
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_mem.o
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c: In function âlpfc_mem_allocâ:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c:80: warning: passing argument 2 of âmempool_createâ from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c:86: warning: passing argument 2 of âmempool_createâ from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c:92: warning: passing argument 2 of âmempool_createâ from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c:98: warning: passing argument 2 of âmempool_createâ from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c:104: warning: passing argument 2 of âmempool_createâ from incompatible pointer type
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_sli.o
In file included from /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c:43:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_compat.h:40:5: warning: "__BIG_ENDIAN" is not defined
In file included from /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c:44:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.h:76:5: warning: "__BIG_ENDIAN" is not defined
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c: In function âlpfc_sli_issue_iocbâ:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c:2530: warning: âiocbâ may be used uninitialized in this function
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_ct.o
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_els.o
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.o
In file included from /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c:44:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.h:76:5: warning: "__BIG_ENDIAN" is not defined
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_init.o
In file included from /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_init.c:44:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_compat.h:40:5: warning: "__BIG_ENDIAN" is not defined
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_mbox.o
In file included from /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_mbox.c:38:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_compat.h:40:5: warning: "__BIG_ENDIAN" is not defined
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_nportdisc.o
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_scsiport.o
In file included from /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_scsiport.c:42:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.h:76:5: warning: "__BIG_ENDIAN" is not defined
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_scsiport.c: In function âlpfc_target_unblockâ:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_scsiport.c:1351: warning: implicit declaration of function âfc_target_unblockâ
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_scsiport.c: In function âlpfc_target_blockâ:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_scsiport.c:1380: warning: implicit declaration of function âfc_target_blockâ
CC [M] /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.o
In file included from /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:51:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.h:76:5: warning: "__BIG_ENDIAN" is not defined
In file included from /usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:57:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_compat.h:40:5: warning: "__BIG_ENDIAN" is not defined
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c: In function âlpfc_get_port_idâ:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1707: warning: implicit declaration of function âfc_port_idâ
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1707: error: invalid lvalue in assignment
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c: In function âlpfc_get_node_nameâ:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1718: warning: implicit declaration of function âfc_node_nameâ
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1718: error: invalid lvalue in assignment
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c: In function âlpfc_get_port_nameâ:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1729: warning: implicit declaration of function âfc_port_nameâ
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1729: error: invalid lvalue in assignment
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c: At top level:
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1756: error: unknown field âget_port_idâ specified in initializer
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1756: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1757: error: unknown field âshow_port_idâ specified in initializer
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1757: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1759: error: unknown field âget_node_nameâ specified in initializer
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1759: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1760: error: unknown field âshow_node_nameâ specified in initializer
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1760: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1762: error: unknown field âget_port_nameâ specified in initializer
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1762: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1763: error: unknown field âshow_port_nameâ specified in initializer
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.c:1763: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc_fcp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/lpfc] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-2.6.16.2'
make: *** [build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lpfc'


Any thoughts?

[cube_inc]

I've been trying to install the same driver under Fedora Core 5 Test 5, with much the same result as you posted, particularly the repetition of the __BIG_ENDIAN warnings and implicit declarations. I was able to successfully build and install the newer lpfc driver (From the package lpfc_2.6_driver_kit-8.1.6.6-1) but it does not support the Emulex LP-8000 card for which I am trying to install the driver, so the process was futile. I was able to get all the way to the part where HBAnyware starts up, displays a nice screen showing an Emulex HBA card and a version information screen but then it tells me "No HBA is currently installed." and the program exits when you hit OK. (Again, this using the lpfc_2.6_driver_kit-8.1.6.6-1 driver and ElxLinuxApps-3.0a15-8.1.6.6-1.)

It seems that there have been some changes to the 2.6 Kernel since the lpfc_2.6_driver_kit-8.0.16.27-1 driver was released and as such, it is not able to compile. (On my system, for example, using Kernel 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5, diskdump.h has been replaced with kexec.h. I made the necessary modifications in lpfc_scsi.h and Makefile but it still won't compile.)

It's going to be a long night...