Re: A floppy driver in the debian installer kernel
Hello!
On 4/21/20 4:00 PM, jhcha54008 wrote:
> PS : it is the opportunity to thank you (and Samuel Thibault) for all your work on the alpha kernel and
> towards a working debian installer on alpha - and the other ports !
You're welcome. Although it's sometimes so frustrating that I'm considering
to stop. But I can still keep myself motivated.
> First patch : have the floppy driver built-in
>
> diff -Naur a/linux-5.5.17/debian/config/alpha/config b/linux-5.5.17/debian/config/alpha/config
> --- a/linux-5.5.17/debian/config/alpha/config 2020-04-15 04:35:16.000000000 +0200
> +++ b/linux-5.5.17/debian/config/alpha/config 2020-04-21 15:31:52.645845117 +0200
> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
> ##
> ## file: drivers/block/Kconfig
> ##
> -CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
> +CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8=m
> CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD=m
>
> Second patch : ship the floppy module in the kernel udeb
>
> diff -Naur a/linux-5.5.17/debian/installer/modules/alpha-generic/kernel-image b/linux-5.5.17/debian/installer/modules/alpha-generic/kernel-image
> --- a/linux-5.5.17/debian/installer/modules/alpha-generic/kernel-image 2018-12-29 20:49:45.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/linux-5.5.17/debian/installer/modules/alpha-generic/kernel-image 2020-04-21 15:36:55.527347025 +0200
> @@ -1 +1,2 @@
> #include <kernel-image>
> +floppy
I don't think it makes sense to add a floppy module when you compile floppy
support into the kernel. If it's compiled in, the driver is always present.
Adrian
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