Bug#340344: yaird: Fail to create initrd on s390/s390x

[Erik van Konijnenburg <ekonijn@xs4all.nl>]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:39:50PM +0100, Ivan S. Warren wrote:
> 
> # yaird -o /tmp/a 2.6.14-2-s390x
> yaird error: can't open /proc/bus/input/devices (fatal)
> 
> I therefore removed the "INPUT" goal from /etc/yaird/Default.cfg
> (since input devices on S/390 z/Arch is irrelevant) as well
> as anything relating to mouse, etc..

OK, manageable so far ...

> The following then occurs :
> 
> # yaird -o /tmp/a 2.6.14-2-s390x
> yaird error: unsupported device required: dasda (fatal)
> 
> As a consequence, I am unable to upgrade to the 2.6.14 kernel (since
> linux-image-2.6.14-3-s390x and linux-image-2.6.14-3-s390 both insist on 
> only using yaird).

Could you post
* output of yaird --debug -o blah.img
* output of yaird --test
* output of ls -lR /sys under your old kernel
* advice as to what modules you expect to be loaded to get dasda
  operational

You may also want to look at initramfs-tools.

Thanks,
Erik