Bug#336688: yaird: ide module piix not included in initrd image -> machine does not boot

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 08:11:56PM +0100, Sebastien LITAIZE wrote:
> Package: yaird
> Version: 0.0.11-9
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> I have 2 hdd on my machine: hda attached to an onboard PIIX4 controler
> (with dvd as hdb), and hdc attached to an onboard HPT366. Lilo is on
> hda, but my root partition is hdc2. 
> 
> Yesterday, apt-get dist-upgrade replaced linux-image-2.6.12-1-686-smp
> with linux-image-2.6.14-1-686-smp, and installed yaird. It was
> impossible to boot on this new kernel. After dealing with #336450 to see
> what was happening, I noticed that the initrd image only had the hpt366
> module, but not the piix one. Adding "MODULE piix" to
> /etc/yaird/Default.cfg solved the problem, but I wonder how come hpt366
> got included and not piix...

Yaird only adds the module needed to boot your root filesystem, which then
should be able to mount other devices. So, if your / is on your piix disk,
then it is indeed a bug, if not it is a feature.

Friendly,

Sven Luther