clone 409244 -1 retitle -1 [sparc] Sun Fire 280R with disks on qla2xxx not bootable by default any more due to lack of firmware-qlogic reassign -1 debian-installer clone 409244 -2 retitle -2 firmware-qlogic description is inadequate reassign -2 firmware-qlogic severity 409244 wishlist merge 355881 409244 thanks
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 09:33:10PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 04:33:09PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 01:41:36PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > > > > The other day I tried to boot a Sun Fire 280R that works nicely with > > > > kernel > > > > 2.4.30; however, it didn't work, because the qla2xxx driver can't find > > > > the firmware image, and it fails to load properly, meaning I can't > > > > access > > > > the hard disks in the machine, and... flop. :) > > > > > > did you try to use firmware-qlogic? > > > afaik it has the necessary hooks. > > > > Oh, nice, thanks. It does all the same. Someone should have told me about > > it; I should file a bug on that package for having a completely useless > > description: > > > > Description: Binary firmware for QLOGIC > > This package contains the binary firmware for QLOGIC. > > > > apt-cache search qla2xxx returns nothing, and that's really easily fixable. > > you want me to reassign this as wishlist against it? Hm, I've performed the bug surgery above :) > > But, the existence of that package doesn't really help the installation > > system, or any other driver which uses udev firmware.agent. It would be good > > if at least the firmware helper was added by default - it's trivially small > > overhead, and it helps reduce confusion for people trying to roll in their > > own firmware images and whatnot. > > well module-init-tools modinfo will get info about modules > needing firmware than the helper gets added. that is an > postetch item, there is a open bug repot against initramfs-tools > tracking that. Oh, I see, #355881. Merged. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]