Re: missing modules on s390/s390x

2006-03-16 Thread Ivan Warren
Only problem was that the network interface did not come up. Trying to manually start it resulted in: # ifup eth0 Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0. This looks like an issue related to udev persistent device naming. Further info: - The ctc module was loaded: # lsmod Module

Re: missing modules on s390/s390x

2006-03-16 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 04:13:21PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: Only problem was that the network interface did not come up. Trying to manually start it resulted in: You need a 2.6.16-rc5 kernel and sysconfig-hardware. The new kernel properly loads the network modules, the later is used to

Re: missing modules on s390/s390x

2006-03-16 Thread Hugo Monteiro
On Qui, 2006-03-16 at 16:41 +0100, Ivan Warren wrote: Only problem was that the network interface did not come up. Trying to manually start it resulted in: # ifup eth0 Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0. This looks like an issue related to udev persistent device naming.

Re: missing modules on s390/s390x

2006-03-16 Thread Frans Pop
Thanks Bastian. On Thursday 16 March 2006 17:29, Bastian Blank wrote: On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 04:13:21PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: Only problem was that the network interface did not come up. Trying to manually start it resulted in: You need a 2.6.16-rc5 kernel and sysconfig-hardware. Yes,

Re: missing modules on s390/s390x

2006-03-16 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 07:23:40PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: I see that the experimental kernel image does not depend on sysconfig-hardware. Should it (to ensure that users upgrading from Sarge will have it installed)? Hmm. It is no dependency as the kernel can work without. Also it needs a

Re: Bug#340508: missing modules on s390/s390x

2006-03-16 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 07:33:59PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: Hmm. It is no dependency as the kernel can work without. Also it needs a converter for chandev to the new config format. Which will only work automaticaly in the easiest config: only one device/type as there is not longer any order.

Re: Bug#340508: missing modules on s390/s390x (mkinitramfs for 2.6.14)

2005-12-04 Thread Frans Pop
(CC to d-s390 as there may be people who can provide additional information.) On Friday 02 December 2005 22:58, you wrote: can you please retest if that device gets created? OK. I've done some testing and made some progress. First, the following modules need to be available in the initrd: -

Re: Bug#340508: missing modules on s390/s390x (mkinitramfs for 2.6.14)

2005-12-04 Thread Frans Pop
Some additional info. I've done my research from a system (Hercules emulator) running 2.4.27. For 2.4.27, the dasd modules are built into the kernel. The option to set the dasd devices is therefore passed from the zipl bootloader. The dasd= option in the [debian_26] section was of course

Re: Bug#340508: missing modules on s390/s390x (mkinitramfs for 2.6.14)

2005-12-04 Thread Arnd Bergmann
Am Sonntag 04 Dezember 2005 16:31 schrieb Frans Pop: Reason is that dasd_mod needs an option to tell it which dasd devices should be used. I've written a script that creates a config file for modprobe in /etc/modprobe.d/. The script is a first approximation and probably needs cleaning up.