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Bug#646412: linux-image-3.0.0-2-powerpc does not load pata_macio from the initramfs, cannot find root filesystem



On Sun, 2011-10-23 at 20:19 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 3.0.0-5
> Severity: important
> 
> This powermac G4 "cube" has been running fine with 2.6.38 + squeeze
> for a while.  I just upgraded to 3.0.0 from sid, and found that
> booting the machine fails by dropping into an initramfs shell, unable
> to find the root filesystem.

I think this is the same problem as #641210.

> from the initramfs shell, i can work around this by doing:
> 
>  modprobe pata_macio
>  exit
> 
> at which point, the boot proceeds as usual.
> 
> It seems to me that this module should be auto-loaded (or at least
> somehow detected for this particular hardware).
[...]

So far as I am aware, we can't auto-load it.  Instead we have to make it
built-in.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.

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