SPARC: sun_esp and esp_scsi modules missing on Jaunty daily CD image

[Marc Luethi]

The "currrent" (as of Feb 20 2009) SPARC alternate install CD Image from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current/ cannot be used to install Ubuntu on a Sun Ultra 2, because it lacks the right module(s) for the onboard SCSI adapter.

Debian 5.0 Lenny for SPARC has two modules called "sun_esp" and "esp_scsi"; could they be included in Jaunty's CD image as well? Might bring a bit of joy for the Sun Ultra1 and Ultra2 owners.

A side note: the Ultra2's CD drive appears as /dev/sr0 on Lenny, and there is no symlink /dev/cdrom pointing to it - so Lenny's installer hiccups until you tell it that it should look for the CD drive at /dev/sr0 instead of /dev/cdrom - might be something to keep in mind in this context.

Connected via TTY, exiting from the installer to a shell , I gather:

~ # uname -a
Linux (none) 2.6.27-1-sparc64 #1 Fri Nov 7 00:37:25 2008 sparc64 unknown

~ # cat /proc/version_signature
Ubuntu 2.6.27-1.1-sparc64

lspci of course is pointless to run on an SBUS based PCI-less SPARC.

dmesg attached

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Marc,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid.

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 332266

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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