mmc_core sdhci_pci sdhci and mmc_block not available in initramfs_tools

[aladi]

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

Karmic Alpha 4 release does not have the SDHCI drivers in the initram. SD card supported BIOS cannot boot the ubuntu without customizing the initrd.img . But it is possible to install the OS on SD card without customizing the Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 4

[aladi (sivasakthiveln)]

SD card installation is possible but booting to Sd card is not possible without updating the initrd image

[Grégory Mounié (gregory-mounie)]

Jaunty installer (Ubuntu netbook remix) is also affected. I install Ubuntu on a Acer Aspire one. I set up the root filesystem on a sdhc card (/boot is on the inner flash). The partition tool and installer work perfectly. But after reboot the linux kernel does not find the root filesystem before I add [sdhc sdhci_pci mmc_block] to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and rebuild the initrd image.

[Dana Goyette (danagoyette)]

One additional comment: on systems that offer bootability from a Ricoh SDHC controller, the initramfs will also need to include the ricoh_mmc driver -- this driver disables the proprietary Ricoh MMC controller so the standard SDHC controller can handle the cards instead.

[aladi (sivasakthiveln)]

We are having Ricoh SD controller bootable system.
 There was no need to include the ricoh_mmc driver in initramfs.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

aladi, 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? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

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

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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