Bug#685618: d-i: do not install mpt-status on vmware hardware
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:11:24PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> No, I'm using this "raid" controller, but it just provides an emulation with
> access to scsi disks and nothing you would expect from a raid comtroller.
> Especially you can't ask it for the health of its raid set.
I think last time I used vmware they still emulated PIIX IDE controllers
and buslogic scsi controllers.
> Well, if you have a real hardware controller, I would expect it to be monitored
> properly. But I fail to understand why it is not possible not to install
> mpt-status if vmware devices are present.
I am not sure that fits within the discover data. After all making
decisions for a device is supposed to be based on what the device is,
not based on what other devices may or may not be in the system. If the
subsystem ID was in fact a specific value, then it could probably exclude
it based on that.
> I think discover is able to handle subsystem-vendor/device ids, both are 0x0000
> for vmware controllers. At least for the first one I checked. So excluding it
> should be possible.
Hmm, according to http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/1000/0030 vmware is
supposed to have a subsystem id of 15ad:1976, not 0000:0000
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Len Sorensen
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