Bug#469030: debian ppc64 not booting after install

[Ulrich Enslin <ulrichenslin@gmail.com>]

Hi Frans

Since you are going to update the code, can you also check that you are 
catering for a
IBM RS6000 (7026-H70) and
IBM pseries 630 (7028-6C4).

IBM RS6000 (7026-H70):
~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
cpu             : RS64-II (northstar)
clock           : 339.999568MHz
revision        : 0.2 (pvr 0033 0002)

processor       : 1
cpu             : RS64-II (northstar)
clock           : 339.999568MHz
revision        : 0.2 (pvr 0033 0002)

processor       : 2
cpu             : RS64-II (northstar)
clock           : 339.999568MHz
revision        : 0.2 (pvr 0033 0002)

processor       : 3
cpu             : RS64-II (northstar)
clock           : 339.999568MHz
revision        : 0.2 (pvr 0033 0002)

timebase        : 340765088
platform        : pSeries
machine         : CHRP IBM,7026-H70

IBM pseries 630 (7028-6C4)
(this one seems to be covered for what you are testing for):
~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
cpu             : POWER4 (gp)
clock           : 1002.000000MHz
revision        : 3.2 (pvr 0035 0302)

processor       : 1
cpu             : POWER4 (gp)
clock           : 1002.000000MHz
revision        : 3.2 (pvr 0035 0302)

processor       : 2
cpu             : POWER4 (gp)
clock           : 1002.000000MHz
revision        : 3.2 (pvr 0035 0302)

processor       : 3
cpu             : POWER4 (gp)
clock           : 1002.000000MHz
revision        : 3.2 (pvr 0035 0302)

timebase        : 125287488
platform        : pSeries
machine         : CHRP IBM,7028-6C4

thanks

Frans Pop wrote:
> tags 469030 + pending
> thanks
>
> On Friday 07 March 2008, Ulrich Enslin wrote:
>   
> > Frans Pop wrote:
> >     
> > > On Friday 07 March 2008, Ulrich Enslin wrote:
> > >       
> > > > Using the rescue I booted into a chroot of the
> > > > installed system. Installed the correct 64 bit kernel with 'aptitude
> > > > install linux-image-2.6-powerpc64' and that solved the problem.
> > > >
> > > > This does point to a bug in the installer though.
> > > >         
> > > Yes, it does. Looking at the log, it seems that your system was
> > > misdetected as 'powerpc', while it should be 'powerpc64'.
> > >
> > > Could you please also send us the hardware-summary file (that's also in
> > > /var/lib/installer)?
> > >       
> > Please find attached the '/var/log/installer/hardware-summary'.
> >     
>
> Thanks. That neatly identifies the cause of the problem.
>
> For your system /proc/cpuinfo has:
> cpu		: RS64-IV (sstar)
>
> And currently we only check for:
>    power3|i-star|s-star|power4|power4+|ppc970*|power5|power5+
>
> I have added detection for your system and have also queued that change for 
> the next stable point release.
>
> Thanks for reporting the issue and providing the needed info.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>