Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> As for tools not in Debian, you mean ofpathname? Is the grub2 >> debian package usable at all without ofpathname? (I understand that >> at least grub-install won't work, making d-i support impossible). > > ofpathname is part of the ibm-powerpc-utils package (not the same as the > package currently in debian), and Aurelien Gerome is packaging it, since > yaboot also needs it over the kind-of-broken ofpath found in the yaboot code, > so this should be less an issue than you think.
While ofpathname uses sysfs, and supports a wider range of devices, it
doesn't support partitions on devices (needed by yaboot), and also has
a different output format than yaboot. yaboot would need updating to
support it. IMO ofpathname really does need fixing to support
partitions of devices.
$ /usr/sbin/ofpath /dev/hda
/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
$ /home/rleigh/powerpc-utils-1.0.2/scripts/ofpathname /dev/hda
/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
$ /usr/sbin/ofpath /dev/hda4
/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:4
$ /home/rleigh/powerpc-utils-1.0.2/scripts/ofpathname /dev/hda4
/home/rleigh/powerpc-utils-1.0.2/scripts/ofpathname: line 237: cd:
/sys/block/hda4: No such file or directory
ofpathname: Could not find sysfs information for logical
device "/dev/hda4".
Regards,
Roger
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