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Bug#815977: closed by Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (Re: Bug#815977: kernel-image-4.4.0-1-sparc64-di: Please add sunvnet and sunvdc for d-i)



On Sun, 2016-04-10 at 20:39 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi Ben!
> 
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 01:54:05AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System
> wrote:
> > 
> > $ git grep -E 'sunvdc|sunvnet' debian/installer/
> > debian/installer/sparc64/modules/sparc64/nic-modules:sunvnet ?
> > debian/installer/sparc64/modules/sparc64/scsi-core-modules:sunvdc ?
> > $ dpkg-deb -c /tmp/nic-modules-4.4.0-1-sparc64-di_4.4.6-
> > 1_sparc64.udeb | grep sunvnet
> > -rw-r--r-- root/root     43488 2016-03-17 23:05
> > ./lib/modules/4.4.0-1-
> > sparc64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.ko
> > $ dpkg-deb -c /tmp/scsi-core-modules-4.4.0-1-sparc64-di_4.4.6-
> > 1_sparc64.udeb | grep sunvdc
> > -rw-r--r-- root/root     28680 2016-03-17 23:04
> > ./lib/modules/4.4.0-1-sparc64/kernel/drivers/block/sunvdc.ko
> > 
> > All looks good to me.  Sounds like you're not including the right
> > packages in your installer image.
> The packages are there, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to load the
> modules manually right after booting the installer.
> 
> There must be an issue with the module loading mechanism. Grepping
> through sources.debian.net, it looks like the modules are actually
> loaded by initramfs-tools when /sys/bus/vio is present during boot.
[...]

initramfs-tools has nothing to do with the installer initramfs.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because
they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett

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