On 4/20/19 10:09, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hello!I just uploaded updated installation images 2019-04-20 for the following Debian Ports architectures: * alpha [...] I uploaded both CD images [1] as well as netboot images [2]. Please test those images and report back over the mailing list for the corresponding architecture. Known issues: * alpha - There have been reports about missing firmware for storage devices. The firmware required for these devices is located in the "firmware-linux" and "firmware-linux-nonfree" packages but currently don't have a floppy driver in debian-installer to load additional firmware. I will figure out how to build CD images including firmware similar to the images available for i386 and amd64.
I just tried the 2019-04-20 ISO on my DS25. Unfortunately the disc drive cannot be detected by the installer so I'm stuck at this point. Checking the drivers available in the shipped initramfs, there seems to be only one PATA driver available - `pata_sis` - and according to [1] this is actually a dependency of a SATA driver. [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/blob/master/debian/installer/modules/pata-modules#L4-5 The missing driver for my machine is `pata_ali`, but as said the other PATA drivers are also missing. From [2] and [3] I'd expect them to be included, but this seems to be not the case for an unknown reason. [2]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/blob/master/debian/installer/modules/pata-modules#L1-2 [3]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/blob/master/debian/installer/modules/alpha-generic/pata-modules Loading this driver manually when using a NFS root FS makes the disc drive accessible on my DS25: ``` root@ds25:/lib/modules/4.19.0-4-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/ata# modprobe -v pata_ali insmod /lib/modules/4.19.0-4-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/ata/libata.ko insmod /lib/modules/4.19.0-4-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_ali.ko [ 182.457914] libata version 3.00 loaded. [ 182.463773] scsi host0: pata_ali [ 182.520414] scsi host1: pata_ali [ 182.559476] ata1: PATA max UDMA/33 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0x10050 irq 14 [ 182.643461] ata2: PATA max UDMA/33 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x10058 irq 15 [ 182.882718] ata1.00: ATAPI: SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616Q, F401, max UDMA/33 [ 182.960843] ata1.00: WARNING: ATAPI DMA disabled for reliability issues. It can be enabled [ 183.061429] ata1.00: WARNING: via pata_ali.atapi_dma modparam or corresponding sysfs node. [ 183.162015] scsi 0:0:0:0: CD-ROM SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616Q F401 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 183.192289] scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5 [ 183.733304] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 16x/48x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [ 183.734280] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [ 183.736234] sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 ``` **** UPDATE: On second thought, [2] and [3] seem to be unrelated to what is available in the initramfs of the installer. From what I saw, the drivers from the sata-modules UDEB are actually included in the initramfs, but the needed drivers from the pata-modules UDEB are not. Where is this configured? [4] includes the sata-modules UDEB as optional, but no pata-modules UDEB. So is this maybe configured in [4]? If yes, I can provide a patch on salsa.d.o to fix that issue, just need a confirmation. [4]: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/blob/master/build/pkg-lists/cdrom/alpha.cfg Cheers, Frank
