HWE kernel support does not work with default (d-i) installer

[James Troup]

With MAAS 1.5.1+bzr2269-0ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04, if I try to install a node using Ubuntu 12.04 with the subarchitecture set to amd64/hwe-s, the install fails complaining that the architecture is not supported by selected mirror.

[Julian Edwards (julian-edwards)]

There is some talk of ditching d-i completely and moving completely to Curtin. Are you using d-i for a particular reason - anything missing from Curtin you need?

[Julian Edwards (julian-edwards)]

And damn, this is a dupe of a bug that I thought was fixed, but isn't.

[James Troup (elmo)]

Julian Edwards <email address hidden> writes:

> There is some talk of ditching d-i completely and moving completely
> to Curtin. Are you using d-i for a particular reason - anything
> missing from Curtin you need?

I'm using curtin by default, I simply tested d-i in this instance
because curtin wasn't working with HWE kernels and this Softlayer
hardware doesn't work without HWE kernels (on 12.04).

FAOD, it's not at all critical for me right now, 12.04 is not a
requirement and I can simply use 14.04 only. However, I suspect it'll
only be another 6 months before hardware arrives which doesn't work
with 14.04 kernels and requires hwe-u.

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James