Bug#370667: I2O modules for 64bit platforms
[ Sorry for the delay, it seems my last message was lost ]
On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 01:46:02PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Robert Millan [ackstorm] wrote:
> > scsi-extra-modules includes dpt_i2o module, but this is only available on 32bit
> > platforms. On 64bit, there's no mechanism in d-i to access I2O devices. This
> > normaly makes the system uninstallable.
> >
> > Please could you add the i2o_block module as well?
>
> Which architectures include support for i2o_block?
It's available on amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, powerpc. I tested it on amd64.
> And if dpt_i2o does
> the same thing for i386, whouldn't we include i2o_block only for those
> architectures that do not have dpt_i2o?
Seems fine. Unless there are other advantages in using i2o_block that would
justify replacing dpt_i2o in 32bit arches; but I don't know about that.
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