Bug#809435: Please add 9p driver and preseed option using that

[Stefanos Harhalakis <v13@v13.gr>]

I agree with avoiding floppy. So, perhaps a new source uri like: 9p://tag/path, where "tag" is the virtio device tag and "path" is the path within it.

Regarding the modules:

$ find /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ | grep 9p
/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/net/9p
/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/net/9p/9pnet_rdma.ko
/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/net/9p/9pnet.ko
/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/net/9p/9pnet_virtio.ko
/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/9p
/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/9p/9p.ko

I can't see why 9pnet_rdma would be needed, so it's 9p.ko, 9pnet.ko and 9ipnet_virtio.ko. 9p also needs virtio_ring and virtio but these are already available.

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 10:50 PM, Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> wrote:

Control: tag -1 Moreinfo
stop

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 05:13:25PM +0000, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote:


> It would be great if d-i had that and the ability to mount a virtio 9p
> filesystem to fetch the preseed file from.

What is the kernel module name for "virtio 9p filesystem"?
What are the kernel module names for "virtio 9p filesystem"?


> I'm not sure if the floppy:// source supports that,

What are the options to avoid "floppy"?

My point: Use new name for new technology.
(in other words: please leave obsolete technology
like floppies out of the (current) game.)


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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