Bug#416208: Installation report HP-715/64 (HIL)
On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: Is it possible that someone from the debian-installer teams add this modprobe hilkbd somewhere to the bootup process? This modprobe should also be carried over to the installed system afterwards. I'm willing to test any temporary images (preferably netboot images) as soon as possible. [Forwarding to debian-b...@lists.debian.org] Why not (also) reassign the BR to debian-installer? Can that be considered for rc2? Theoretically that would still be possible, but it is extremely late in the day for such a change, especially without any detailed info about how *exactly* this should be implemented. Questions that come to mind are: - why doesn't the kernel/udev autoload this module? - is there any way to recognize whether the module should be loaded or not (most hppa installs are headless)? - if it's decided to load the module unconditionally for the installer, it may still be possible to only do so when needed for the installed system; can this be recognized somehow? - is loading the module for the installed system needed for the initrd too (would be my guess), or just for the final system? We have repeatedly indicated in the debian-hppa list that the D-I team needs porter support and this is *exactly* the kind of issue for which knowledgable porter support is needed. I even had a long discussion with Helge himself about that. As this issue has been known for ages my first reaction is that it is too late for RC2 and for Lenny. However, *if* porters work with the D-I team to get the questions above answered the change could be implemented early for squeeze and, after testing, it could then be considered for backporting for a stable update release. Cheers, FJP signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#416208: Installation report HP-715/64 (HIL)
Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:35:51PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote: Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: The boot-kernel (2.6.18) does not detect this keyboard on the HIL bus. It seems the needed .config values are not set when it was built. To solve this problem, the boot kernel needs the CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL_OLD=y option set. Additionally, all other HIL options should be disabled (see below). With those options, the HIL keyboard should work. HIL-Mouse will not be available, but it's not needed either for the installation process. In general, all newer HIL drivers do not work at all, so defaulting back to the old driver should be ok. The Lenny kernel sets CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL_OLD=m, does this still apply? Moritz, thanks for bringing this up again. I nearly forgot it! I just tried the netboot image dated 30-10-08 from http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-hppa/current/images/netboot/2.6/. Currently the debian installer boots up nicely, but the keyboard is not functional at all (on machines with HIL keyboard). My tests with booting via serial console shows, that all what needs to be done to get those keyboards working now is, to run a modprobe hilkbd at startup. Is it possible that someone from the debian-installer teams add this modprobe hilkbd somewhere to the bootup process? This modprobe should also be carried over to the installed system afterwards. I'm willing to test any temporary images (preferably netboot images) as soon as possible. [Forwarding to debian-b...@lists.debian.org] Can that be considered for rc2? Yes, please. I should have mentioned, that adding modprobe hilkbd will not break any parisc machine which does not have HIL. So it's pretty safe to probe for this module. Helge -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#416208: Installation report HP-715/64 (HIL)
reassign 416208 debian-installer thanks On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 04:19:51PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: Is it possible that someone from the debian-installer teams add this modprobe hilkbd somewhere to the bootup process? This modprobe should also be carried over to the installed system afterwards. I'm willing to test any temporary images (preferably netboot images) as soon as possible. [Forwarding to debian-b...@lists.debian.org] Why not (also) reassign the BR to debian-installer? It didn't know about that specific source package, reassigning now. Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#416208: Installation report HP-715/64 (HIL)
Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: The boot-kernel (2.6.18) does not detect this keyboard on the HIL bus. It seems the needed .config values are not set when it was built. To solve this problem, the boot kernel needs the CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL_OLD=y option set. Additionally, all other HIL options should be disabled (see below). With those options, the HIL keyboard should work. HIL-Mouse will not be available, but it's not needed either for the installation process. In general, all newer HIL drivers do not work at all, so defaulting back to the old driver should be ok. The Lenny kernel sets CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL_OLD=m, does this still apply? Moritz, thanks for bringing this up again. I nearly forgot it! I just tried the netboot image dated 30-10-08 from http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-hppa/current/images/netboot/2.6/. Currently the debian installer boots up nicely, but the keyboard is not functional at all (on machines with HIL keyboard). My tests with booting via serial console shows, that all what needs to be done to get those keyboards working now is, to run a modprobe hilkbd at startup. Is it possible that someone from the debian-installer teams add this modprobe hilkbd somewhere to the bootup process? This modprobe should also be carried over to the installed system afterwards. I'm willing to test any temporary images (preferably netboot images) as soon as possible. Helge -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#416208: Installation report HP-715/64 (HIL)
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 10:46:06PM +0200, Helge Deller wrote: Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD-Image (Etch RC-2 Installer) Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-hppa/rc2/images/2.6/mini.iso Date: 23. March 2007 Machine: HP PARISC (HP 715/64) Processor: PA7100LC (PA-RISC) Memory: 128MB Comments/Problems: The installer itself seems OK, but the keyboard does not work at all. Main problem is, that the keyboard on this machine is a HIL device (similiar to USB, but much older). The boot-kernel (2.6.18) does not detect this keyboard on the HIL bus. It seems the needed .config values are not set when it was built. To solve this problem, the boot kernel needs the CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL_OLD=y option set. Additionally, all other HIL options should be disabled (see below). With those options, the HIL keyboard should work. HIL-Mouse will not be available, but it's not needed either for the installation process. In general, all newer HIL drivers do not work at all, so defaulting back to the old driver should be ok. The Lenny kernel sets CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIL_OLD=m, does this still apply? Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
