Bug#644850: linux-image-2.6.32-5-kirkwood: 2.6.32-38 does not recognise USB harddisks any longer

[Joerg Morbitzer <jomo@morbitzer.de>]

On 10/09/2011 08:16 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Joerg Morbitzer wrote:
> 
>> Mmmh, I am quite sure that I didn't see any error message when running
>> the upgrade to 6.0.3, and I can find those messages in /var/log/dpkg.log ...
>>
>> 2011-10-09 17:27:03 configure linux-image-2.6.32-5-kirkwood 2.6.32-38
>> 2.6.32-38
>> 2011-10-09 17:27:03 status unpacked linux-image-2.6.32-5-kirkwood 2.6.32-38
>> 2011-10-09 17:27:04 status half-configured linux-image-2.6.32-5-kirkwood
>> 2.6.32-38
>> 2011-10-09 17:28:05 status installed linux-image-2.6.32-5-kirkwood 2.6.32-38
>>
>> ..., however, I just re-flashed the kernel ...
> [...]
>> ... did a reboot ... and there you go, the USB disks get recognised
>> again. Fixed for me at least.
> 
> Hm, what version of flash-kernel do you have installed?  Please also send
> the output of
> 
> 	grep . /etc/kernel/postinst.d/*
> 
> so we can see whether the hooks are set up correctly.

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sheeva:~# dpkg -l | grep flash-kernel
ii  flash-kernel                           2.37
utility to make certain embedded devices bootable
sheeva:~#
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sheeva:~# grep . /etc/kernel/postinst.d/*
#!/bin/sh
version="$1"
bootopt=""
# passing the kernel version is required
[ -z "${version}" ] && exit 0
# kernel-package passes an extra arg
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
        if [ -n "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_VERSION}" ]; then
                # exit if custom kernel does not need an initramfs
                [ "$INITRD" = 'No' ] && exit 0
                bootdir=$(dirname "$2")
                bootopt="-b ${bootdir}"
        else
                # official Debian linux-images take care themself
                exit 0
        fi
fi
# avoid running multiple times
if [ -n "$DEB_MAINT_PARAMS" ]; then
        eval set -- "$DEB_MAINT_PARAMS"
        if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" != "configure" ]; then
                exit 0
        fi
fi
# we're good - create initramfs.  update runs do_bootloader
update-initramfs -c -t -k "${version}" ${bootopt} >&2
sheeva:~#
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Regards, Joerg.