Bug#617256: initramfs-tools: HP G6 hardware kernel boot issue > 2.6.37 cciss/hpsa

[Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>]

On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 16:33 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> I'm not sure this is really the fault of initramfs-tools.

I'll post some more output/info shortly, which hopefully will help
tracking down the issue.

> We need to update device names as for the libata transition, and I
> have prepared changes to linux-base that will do this.

[...]
> >  == Here comes the BUG and work-around ==
> > 
> > The BUG is that, if I compile the kernel and include the CCISS driver
> > (even-though it will not be used), then initramfs will drop me into a
> > shell, complaining that it cannot find /dev/disk/by-uuid/...
> [...]
> 
> Are you really saying that:
> 
> 1. If only hpsa is included, then the /dev/disk/by-uuid link is
> created properly.
> 2. If both hpsa and cciss are included then the link is not created
> properly.

Correct, that is what I'm saying!