installer-s390x lacks support to install on zfcp devices

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== Comment: #0 - Thorsten Diehl <email address hidden> - 2016-01-29 11:11:12 ==
A patch for this has already been submitted to debian. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=808041, also for further details.

== Comment: #2 - Thorsten Diehl <email address hidden> - 2016-01-29 11:12:00 ==
Please pick up the patch also for Ubuntu 16.04

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

It is currently in NEW.

https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/s390-zfcp_1.0.0.html

Will consider for direct upload into ubuntu.

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Available in Ubuntu now:

s390-zfcp (1.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Hendrik Brueckner ]
  * Initial release (Closes: #808041)

  [ Philipp Kern ]
  * Minor fixups for Debian policy compliance.

 -- Philipp Kern <email address hidden> Wed, 06 Jan 2016 11:36:46 +0100

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/s390-zfcp/1.0.0

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-02-24 13:08 EDT-------
Verified this unsuccessfully on installer version 426 (kernel 4.4.0-7)

I didn't get a menu for zfcp disk activation, not even in expert mode.

I restarted the installer, network was set up via presseed.
The I opened a shell:
BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ # lsmod
Module Size Used by
qeth_l2 53248 1
dasd_eckd_mod 114688 0
dasd_mod 135168 1 dasd_eckd_mod
qeth 151552 1 qeth_l2
qdio 73728 2 qeth,qeth_l2
ccwgroup 20480 1 qeth
~ # modprobe zfcp
modprobe: FATAL: Module zfcp not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.0-7-generic
~ # cd /sys/bus/ccw/drivers/zfcp
/bin/sh: cd: can't cd to /sys/bus/ccw/drivers/zfcp
~ #
The zfcp driver is neither built-in nor available as module.

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-02-26 04:18 EDT-------
Please update Canonicals Status from "Fix Released" ---> ? due to the "Blocking" Status by IBM.

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-02-26 08:54 EDT-------
The s390-zfcp installer module is currently available in "universe" from which the installer cannot load packages. If possible move the s390-zfcp udev into main to be available to the installer.

Thanks.

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

This bug was a request for a new package, which is included in the Ubuntu archive.

Inclusion into Main, follows Main Inclusion process as described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess and is tracked in a MIR bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/s390-zfcp/+bug/1552218

Please reverse mirror that bug report, and continue tracking status of main inclusion.

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Missing zfcp.ko module from scsi-modules udeb is tracked at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1552314

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Please follow status of the above two bugs for further updates. This bug report will remain Fix Released on launchpad.net, as there are no further actions for this bug report from Ubuntu side of things.

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-03-09 03:53 EDT-------
Successfully verified with installer version 431. :-) Closed.