Bug#685618: d-i: do not install mpt-status on vmware hardware
reassign 685618 discover-data
merge 618572 685618
thanks
On 08/22/2012 07:00 PM, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Bernd Zeimetz (bernd@bzed.de):
>> Package: debian-installer
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> please do not install mpt-status automatically if the hardware suggests
>> that the installer is running in a virtualized environment. For vmware
>> something like lspci | grep -i vmware should be sufficient, not sure if
>> that works for other solutions.
>
>
> Hmmm, I went through all D-I components (with a large sledgehammer: I
> grepped the entire git repositories for "mpt-status") and found
> nothing that actually installs mpt-status. It's probably worth
> investigating what did actually pull it up.
Oh well, I didn't figure out the reason by grepping, too - but google
helped: #618572
VMware emulates this:
LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI
[1000:0030]
which looks pretty much like real hardware.
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