Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-08 Thread Sebastian Dalfuß
Hello. This bug should be closed. I mixed up an error message from a vanilla kernel (which of course shouldn't bother Debian) and a very similar looking one for the Debian kernel, where the firmware was simply actually missing. I fixed it for the Debian kernel by simply updating the initramfs

Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-07 Thread Sebastian Dalfuß
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.112 Severity: normal While installing a new kernel or updating initramfs update-initramfs fails to add necessary firmware to the initramfs. Quick'n dirty workaround: I added copy_exec /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode to the bottom of manual_add_modules()

Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-07 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 20:38:14 +0200, Sebastian Dalfuß wrote: Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.112 Severity: normal While installing a new kernel or updating initramfs update-initramfs fails to add necessary firmware to the initramfs. Quick'n dirty workaround: I added copy_exec

Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-07 Thread Sebastian Dalfuß
On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 09:19:12PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: Why would you need firmware for a wireless driver in initramfs? Root on nfs over wifi doesn't sound like a sane thing to do, somehow. With the firmware not beeing present during boot, I got a kernel error message about firmware

Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-07 Thread Julien Cristau
[please reply to all, not just to me] On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 22:50:09 +0200, Sebastian Dalfuß wrote: On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 09:19:12PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: Why would you need firmware for a wireless driver in initramfs? Root on nfs over wifi doesn't sound like a sane thing to do,

Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Tue, 2013-05-07 at 20:38 +0200, Sebastian Dalfuß wrote: Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.112 Severity: normal While installing a new kernel or updating initramfs update-initramfs fails to add necessary firmware to the initramfs. [...] It should include all

Processed: Re: Bug#707144: initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware

2013-05-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: tag -1 moreinfo Bug #707144 [initramfs-tools] initramfs-tools: fails to include firmware Added tag(s) moreinfo. -- 707144: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=707144 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems -- To