Hi Patrick, and thanks for your report. Patrick Rudin <taxi_bs@gmx.ch> (2023-10-14): > I have a Microsoft Surface Go 4 Tablet, which has an internal 256 GB UFS-Drive. > Debian Live works fine, but its not possible to install Debian: When I get to > partitioning, the installer does not see the drive (the ubuntu installer does) > and only shows my installer-stick. > > I guess the installer would need the ufshci-module to recognize the internal > UFS-Flash. Looking around, it seems “ufshci-module” is a best guess name for what the industry calls UFSHCI, and seems to be shipped as ufshcd-core.ko (ufs/core) and ufshcd-pci.ko (ufs/host). Those are likely to be sufficient as the only dependency is between them (no extra modules should be needed), and I can load both of them in a test VM. But we've already seen that sometimes another seemingly unrelated module might be needed (I did spot a softdep on a governor, so I'm not sure about the runtime when such a device is present). I've built a test netboot-gtk installation image; contrary to a full netinst ISO, there's no firmware in there, but I thought it might be good enough for you to test and report whether the storage appears, without going through the whole installation process. https://people.debian.org/~kibi/bug-1053937/ Your follow-up about Live was very nice as well. Hopefully that fits your immediate needs and lets you install Debian without waiting on a fix in debian-installer; a full netinst ISO could be arranged otherwise. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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