d-i ia64 install report, with patch

[Richard Hirst <rhirst@linuxcare.com>]

Using:

p.d.o/~manty/testing/netinst/ia64/20040103/sarge-ia64-buisnesscard.iso

dated 02-JAN-2004 15:02


Still doesn't automatically load ide-probe-mod.o, but joeyh has that
change queued waiting for alioth to come back, I believe.  That meant I
had to mess about a bit to get the cdrom visible.

The fixed parted ia64 build had not made it in to archive for this iso.

/etc/resolv.conf was set up correctly this time.

I was able to install testing this time (previously debootstrap meant I
had to install unstable).

I hand-editted kernel-installer.postinst before it was run, to make it
choose an appropriate kernel for the hardware (patch below).  That made
it load a 2.4.20 kernel which is better than the 2.4.19 it used before.
However, it loaded the 2.4.20 kernel in testing (obviously), which is a
couple of revisions older than the one in unstable, and spews messages
about unimplemented syscalls up the screen (still works, but annoying).

The 2.4.20 kernel udebs work fine for my h/w, but we need the new
packages for people with other scsi cards.


So, this is what we need for ia64 to be widely useful:


1. Fixed parted in the archive and udeb on the iso - presumably that
   will happen today

2. hw-detect fixed to modprobe ide-probe-mod (joeyh?)

3. new 2.4.20 kernel udebs with extra scsi driver modules (bdale/dannf?)

4. newer 2.4.20 kernel debs in testing would be nice, but not vital

5. the following patch applied to kernel-installer.  I havn't got round
to getting cvs access on alioth yet, so maybe once it is back someone
could apply this for me, and upload a new kernel-installer?

Thanks,
  Richard


--- base-installer-0.045/debian/kernel-installer.postinst-	2004-01-03 21:11:09.000000000 +0000
+++ base-installer-0.045/debian/kernel-installer.postinst	2004-01-03 21:16:05.000000000 +0000
@@ -186,6 +186,17 @@
 	    *) log "warning: Unknown $ARCH subarchitecture '$MODEL'." ;;
 	esac
 	;;
+    ia64)
+	version=2.4.20 #hack, hack!
+	# Running a UP kernel for install atm, so don't know how to detect
+	# whether SMP is needed.  Assume SMP for now.
+	if grep -q Itanium /proc/cpuinfo; then
+	    family=itanium
+	else
+	    family=mckinley
+	fi
+	trykernel=kernel-image-$version-$family-smp
+	;;
     *)
         log "warning: Unknown architecture '$ARCH'."
 	;;