mkinitrd fails to make /dev/ida symlink for Compaq SmartArray 431

Bug #9112 reported by Debian Bug Importer
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Bug Description

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #276591 http://bugs.debian.org/276591

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #276591 http://bugs.debian.org/276591

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:47:57 -0400
From: Clint Adams <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: mkinitrd fails to make /dev/ida symlink for Compaq SmartArray 431

Package: initrd-tools
Version: 0.1.74
Severity: serious
Tags: patch

This helps.

--- /usr/sbin/mkinitrd 2004-08-27 14:43:34.000000000 -0400
+++ /tmp/mkinitrd 2004-10-14 18:39:51.248008111 -0400
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@

  devices=
  for i in \
- cciss ide scsi md mapper $DEVLINKS
+ cciss ida ide scsi md mapper $DEVLINKS
  do
   [ -e dev/$i ] || [ -h dev/$i ] ||
    devices="$devices ../devfs/$i"

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

We should keep an eye on this and bring the fix in for Hoary

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In , Simon Horman (horms) wrote : Re: Bug#276591: mkinitrd fails to make /dev/ida symlink for Compaq SmartArray 431

On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 06:47:57PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote:
> Package: initrd-tools
> Version: 0.1.74
> Severity: serious
> Tags: patch
>
> This helps.
>
> --- /usr/sbin/mkinitrd 2004-08-27 14:43:34.000000000 -0400
> +++ /tmp/mkinitrd 2004-10-14 18:39:51.248008111 -0400
> @@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@
>
> devices=
> for i in \
> - cciss ide scsi md mapper $DEVLINKS
> + cciss ida ide scsi md mapper $DEVLINKS
> do
> [ -e dev/$i ] || [ -h dev/$i ] ||
> devices="$devices ../devfs/$i"

When you say helps, does it resolve the problem?
I have put the change into svn for now.

--
Horms

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:43:13 +0900
From: Horms <email address hidden>
To: Clint Adams <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#276591: mkinitrd fails to make /dev/ida symlink for Compaq SmartArray 431

On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 06:47:57PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote:
> Package: initrd-tools
> Version: 0.1.74
> Severity: serious
> Tags: patch
>
> This helps.
>
> --- /usr/sbin/mkinitrd 2004-08-27 14:43:34.000000000 -0400
> +++ /tmp/mkinitrd 2004-10-14 18:39:51.248008111 -0400
> @@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@
>
> devices=
> for i in \
> - cciss ide scsi md mapper $DEVLINKS
> + cciss ida ide scsi md mapper $DEVLINKS
> do
> [ -e dev/$i ] || [ -h dev/$i ] ||
> devices="$devices ../devfs/$i"

When you say helps, does it resolve the problem?
I have put the change into svn for now.

--
Horms

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In , Clint Adams (clint) wrote :

> When you say helps, does it resolve the problem?

Yes, it allows the mounting of a /dev/ida root when booting with the
initrd from grub. (I don't know why it doesn't matter when using lilo).

> I have put the change into svn for now.

Thanks.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:31:24 -0400
From: Clint Adams <email address hidden>
To: Horms <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#276591: mkinitrd fails to make /dev/ida symlink for Compaq SmartArray 431

> When you say helps, does it resolve the problem?

Yes, it allows the mounting of a /dev/ida root when booting with the
initrd from grub. (I don't know why it doesn't matter when using lilo).

> I have put the change into svn for now.

Thanks.

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In , Jeff Bailey (jbailey) wrote : tagging 276591

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.8.5
tags 276591 + pending

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:47:48 -0400
From: Jeff Bailey <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: tagging 276591

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.8.5
tags 276591 + pending

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In , Jeff Bailey (jbailey) wrote : Fixed in upload of initrd-tools 0.1.75 to experimental

tag 263216 + fixed-in-experimental
tag 271038 + fixed-in-experimental
tag 272139 + fixed-in-experimental
tag 276591 + fixed-in-experimental
tag 280571 + fixed-in-experimental

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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:12:02 -0500
Source: initrd-tools
Binary: initrd-tools
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.1.75
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Jeff Bailey <email address hidden>
Description:
 initrd-tools - tools to create initrd image for prepackaged Linux kernel
Closes: 263216 271038 272139 276591 280571
Changes:
 initrd-tools (0.1.75) experimental; urgency=low
 .
   * Jeff Bailey
     - Turn error into a warning on modprobe failure. Add extra text
       explaining that sometimes this warning might be erroneous.
       (Closes: #263216)
     - new kernels don't list scsi modules in /proc/scsi (Closes: #271038)
       Patch from Harald Dunkel <email address hidden>
   * Simon Horman
     - Create ida devices (Closes: Bug#276591)
   * Martin Michlmayr
     - Deal with block name manging in 2.6, thanks Colin Watson.
       (Closes: #272139)
   * Simon Horman
     - Only activate the VG that contain the root device to avoid
       tyring to activate VGs that include partitions on devices
       whose device drivers are not yet available. (Closes: #280571)
Files:
 5ca9bf017bcf74c13e60cf36a8be5090 609 utils optional initrd-tools_0.1.75.dsc
 265b96276409ebdc5d9a822e02592d6c 24197 utils optional initrd-tools_0.1.75.tar.gz
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 21:47:04 -0500
From: Jeff Bailey <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Jeff Bailey <email address hidden>, Debian kernel team <email address hidden>
Subject: Fixed in upload of initrd-tools 0.1.75 to experimental

tag 263216 + fixed-in-experimental
tag 271038 + fixed-in-experimental
tag 272139 + fixed-in-experimental
tag 276591 + fixed-in-experimental
tag 280571 + fixed-in-experimental

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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:12:02 -0500
Source: initrd-tools
Binary: initrd-tools
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.1.75
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Jeff Bailey <email address hidden>
Description:
 initrd-tools - tools to create initrd image for prepackaged Linux kernel
Closes: 263216 271038 272139 276591 280571
Changes:
 initrd-tools (0.1.75) experimental; urgency=low
 .
   * Jeff Bailey
     - Turn error into a warning on modprobe failure. Add extra text
       explaining that sometimes this warning might be erroneous.
       (Closes: #263216)
     - new kernels don't list scsi modules in /proc/scsi (Closes: #271038)
       Patch from Harald Dunkel <email address hidden>
   * Simon Horman
     - Create ida devices (Closes: Bug#276591)
   * Martin Michlmayr
     - Deal with block name manging in 2.6, thanks Colin Watson.
       (Closes: #272139)
   * Simon Horman
     - Only activate the VG that contain the root device to avoid
       tyring to activate VGs that include partitions on devices
       whose device drivers are not yet available. (Closes: #280571)
Files:
 5ca9bf017bcf74c13e60cf36a8be5090 609 utils optional initrd-tools_0.1.75.dsc
 265b96276409ebdc5d9a822e02592d6c 24197 utils optional initrd-tools_0.1.75.tar.gz
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Fixed by merge of initrd-tools 0.1.75 from Debian.

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In , Joey Hess (joeyh) wrote : fixed in initrd-tools 0.1.76

These bugs were fixed in initrd-tools 0.1.76, which included the changes
made in version 0.1.75, which was uploaded only to experimental. The
changelog reads:

   * Jeff Bailey
     - Turn error into a warning on modprobe failure. Add extra text
       explaining that sometimes this warning might be erroneous.
       (Closes: #263216)
     - new kernels don't list scsi modules in /proc/scsi (Closes: #271038)
       Patch from Harald Dunkel <email address hidden>
   * Simon Horman
     - Create ida devices (Closes: Bug#276591)
   * Martin Michlmayr
     - Deal with block name manging in 2.6, thanks Colin Watson.
       (Closes: #272139)
   * Simon Horman
     - Only activate the VG that contain the root device to avoid
       tyring to activate VGs that include partitions on devices
       whose device drivers are not yet available. (Closes: #280571)

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see shy jo

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:56:30 -0500
From: Joey Hess <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: fixed in initrd-tools 0.1.76

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These bugs were fixed in initrd-tools 0.1.76, which included the changes
made in version 0.1.75, which was uploaded only to experimental. The
changelog reads:

   * Jeff Bailey
     - Turn error into a warning on modprobe failure. Add extra text
       explaining that sometimes this warning might be erroneous.
       (Closes: #263216)
     - new kernels don't list scsi modules in /proc/scsi (Closes: #271038)
       Patch from Harald Dunkel <email address hidden>
   * Simon Horman
     - Create ida devices (Closes: Bug#276591)
   * Martin Michlmayr
     - Deal with block name manging in 2.6, thanks Colin Watson.
       (Closes: #272139)
   * Simon Horman
     - Only activate the VG that contain the root device to avoid
       tyring to activate VGs that include partitions on devices
       whose device drivers are not yet available. (Closes: #280571)

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see shy jo

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