Re: pata drivers in the alpha installer

[Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner@web.de>]

Hi again,

On 5/8/19 23:16, Frank Scheiner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On 5/8/19 22:24, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > Hello  JH Chatenet!
> >
> > On 5/8/19 10:19 PM, jhcha54008@free.fr wrote:
> > > I wonder if the line in the patch of bug #920353 [1] :
> > >
> > > pata-modules-${kernel:Version}
> > >
> > > would still be helpful. (I haven't tested since I
> > > submitted the bug report)
> >
> > I missed that part back then because you put two different topics
> > into one bug report. I only addressed the issue with the release
> > name but not the missing pata-modules entry. I will have a look if
> > it's indeed missing and add the drivers.
>
> The pata-modules are indeed missing in the initramfs for the installer
> CDROM and the cause of my installation problems on my DS25 (see [1] and
> follow-ups). I haven't yet tested on my DS20E and ES45, but assume they
> are also affected, if their disc drives are attached to a PATA port.
>
> [1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2019/05/msg00000.html

I now think we also need to add the "ata-modules" UDEB to the initramfs
for the installer CDROM, as this contains the `libata` module, which
seems to be a dependency of at least the `pata_ali` module:

```
root@ds25:/lib/modules/4.19.0-4-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/ata# modprobe
-v pata_ali
insmod /lib/modules/4.19.0-4-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/ata/libata.ko
insmod /lib/modules/4.19.0-4-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_ali.ko
```

...and possibly others (see [2]).

[2]:
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/blob/master/debian/installer/modules/ata-modules

Cheers,
Frank