[OpenIndiana-discuss] Include driver and rebuild ISO

[Ram Chander]

How to find HBA ? I got the driver loaded in usb , just need to  get
"add_drv" command working.
I have perc h710


On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) <
openindiana at nedharvey.com> wrote:

> > From: Ram Chander [mailto:ramquick at gmail.com]
> >
> > I have downloaded OI  ISO and want to include below driver and rebuild
> ISO.
> > After extracting ISO, how do add this and rebuild ISO ?
> > Any steps would be helpful. Thanks.
>
> You don't need to rebuild ISO.  Here's what you do:
>
> Before you begin, see below, the command that says "specific per-HBA"  The
> command I pasted is for a 3ware adapter (I can look up the model number if
> needed) and came from 9.5.4-Codeset-Complete.iso, and the specific command
> was posted on some discussion forum by a 3ware software developer, who said
> "I'm the only person who knows this, and we were just instructed to stop
> developing for opensolaris, so we won't be developing new installers moving
> forward, and you're going to need this command to use the driver..."
>
> You really best look inside the opensolaris installation package for your
> driver.  They'll probably have a less manual way of installing it.  But the
> notes below might be useful for you anyway - Even if the specifics are not
> useful to you, at least the general concept will be useful.  So you can
> stop trying to figure out how to rebuild the ISO.   ;-)
>
> Long story short:  Boot from the live CD.  In your live environment,
> install the driver.  Then launch the OS installer.  The driver should get
> automatically built into the boot loader for the OS, but if it doesn't,
> there's a command you can run in the live CD to force it.
>
> These are my notes for the systems that I did this on:
>
> Boot from the openindiana live CD.
> You're going to be glad you do this, so you can use copy/paste below.  ;-)
>     Open a terminal,
>     sudo svcadm enable svc:/network/ssh:default
>
> Now, you can sftp or ssh into the machine
>     username:  jack
>     password:  jack
>
> Somehow, copy the "tw" file (which is the actual driver) to "jack's" home
> directory.
>
> If necessary, (for example, if driver is downloaded inside an iso file,
> such as was the case for my 3ware HBA) here is how to mount an ISO:
> sudo mkdir /mnt/cd
> sudo mount -F hsfs file.iso /mnt/cd
>
> Live CD environment, to get OS installed:
>     Somehow, copy "tw" /kernel/drv/amd64/
>         sudo cp /mnt/cd/packages/drivers/opensolaris/amd64/tw
> /kernel/drv/amd64/
>
> The following command is going to be specific per-HBA.
>     sudo add_drv -m "* 0666 root sys" -i '"pci13c1,1003" "pci13c1,1004"
> "pci13c1,1005" "pci13c1,1010"' -c scsi tw
>
> Now you can install the OS.
>
> I don't know how critical the timing is for the commands below, but they
> need to be done after the filesystem is created, and before everything is
> closed.  Or maybe they don't need to be done at all; I don't know.  But I
> *do* know this is what I did, and it works, and it's repeatable.  Timing
> may not be very critical, and these steps might actually be optional.
>
> When the installer gets to about 30% or so, do this:
> sudo cp /kernel/drv/amd64/tw /a/kernel/drv/amd64/
>
> When it gets to around 75%, do this:
> sudo rm /a/var/run/AdDrEm.lck
> # (don't do this one)   sudo add_drv -b /a -m "* 0666 root sys" -i
> '"pci13c1,1003" "pci13c1,1004" "pci13c1,1005" "pci13c1,1010"' -c scsi tw
> sudo bootadm update-archive -R /a
>
> You should be long since completed with the above commands, before the
> installer reaches 90%
>
> When the installer gives you the Reboot button...  Reboot.
>
> Notice, it boots up but doesn't go through grub or anything.  Shutdown,
> halt, or go to the Shutdown menu and un-select "Skip boot menu on restart."
>   Or use "reboot -p" This will force the system to completely reset, and go
> through BIOS, and grub.
>
> This should solidly confirm for you, that the system is able to load the
> necessary drivers during boot.
>
>
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