Bug#562594: SunBlade 1000 installation report - no option to load firmware

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: Dec 26 netinst daily image for sparc
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/sparc/iso-cd/debian-testing-sparc-netinst.iso
Date: Sat Dec 26 12:20:39 GMT 2009

Machine: SunBlade 1000
Processor: Ultrasparc III x 2
Memory: 2GB
Partitions: did not get that far

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):

0000:00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intergraph Corporation 
Sun Expert3D-Lite Graphics Accelerator [1091:07a0]
	Subsystem: Intergraph Corporation Device [1091:0140]
0000:00:05.0 Bridge [0680]: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO EBUS [108e:1100] (rev 01)
0000:00:05.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO 10/100 Ethernet [eri] [108e:1101] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: gem
0000:00:05.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO 1394 [108e:1102] (rev 01)
0000:00:05.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO USB [108e:1103] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
0000:00:06.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 [1000:000f] (rev 37)
	Kernel driver in use: sym53c8xx
0000:00:06.1 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 [1000:000f] (rev 37)
	Kernel driver in use: sym53c8xx
0001:00:04.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: QLogic Corp. QLA2200 64-bit Fibre Channel Adapter [1077:2200] (rev 05)

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [O]
Configure network:      [O]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [E]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:    [ ]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [ ]

Comments/Problems:

The QLA2200 SCSI controller in this box is supported by qla2xxx kernel 
driver, however it requires (non-free) firmware to operate. Earlier 
versions of installer have offered an option to load firmware from a 
removable drive during the installation, but this version does not 
offer this option, fails to detect the disks and jumps directly to the 
manual driver choice screen, so this is a regression.
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Jurij Smakov                                           jurij@wooyd.org
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