Hello, We would like to push the following changes to 6.0.1 to fix a problem with not waiting long enough for SCSI subsystem to be initialized, and disk detection failing in d-i on the first try as a result. These have been committed to the hw-detect squeeze brance:
http://git.debian.org/?p=d-i/hw-detect.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/squeeze >From 50435e2136ac15d0ca4cba0852b55b37cd888368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jurij Smakov <ju...@debian.org> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:36:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Increase the number of retries in disk_found() of disk-detect.sh Increase the number of attempts to detect the new disk devices in disk_found() of disk-detect.sh to 15, bringing the total waiting time to 28 seconds. Current timeout of 4 seconds is not sufficient for some SCSI subsystems with long driver/disk initialization time. --- debian/changelog | 10 ++++++++++ disk-detect.sh | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 1a4200b..4624394 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +hw-detect (1.84squeeze1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * Increase the number of attempts to detect the new disk devices in + disk_found() of disk-detect.sh to 15, bringing the total waiting time + to 28 seconds. Current timeout of 4 seconds is not sufficient for + some SCSI subsystems with long driver/disk initialization time. + Closes: #611314 + + -- Jurij Smakov <ju...@debian.org> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:09:35 +0000 + hw-detect (1.84) unstable; urgency=low [ Joey Hess ] diff --git a/disk-detect.sh b/disk-detect.sh index b0fc600..e2641de 100755 --- a/disk-detect.sh +++ b/disk-detect.sh @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ list_disk_modules() { } disk_found() { - for try in 1 2 3; do + for try in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15; do if search-path parted_devices; then # Use partman's parted_devices if available. if [ -n "$(parted_devices)" ]; then @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ disk_found() { fi # Wait for disk to be activated. - if [ "$try" != 3 ]; then + if [ "$try" != 15 ]; then sleep 2 fi done -- 1.7.2.3 >From d6eb1aaad16f61c6d1bd905c9145f19e892b4c7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jurij Smakov <ju...@debian.org> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:28:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add plus to version number as recommended by dev reference. --- debian/changelog | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 4624394..e82e497 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -hw-detect (1.84squeeze1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low +hw-detect (1.84+squeeze1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Increase the number of attempts to detect the new disk devices in disk_found() of disk-detect.sh to 15, bringing the total waiting time -- 1.7.2.3 Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov ju...@wooyd.org Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110220164219.ga3...@droopy.oc.cox.net
