Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> (2015-01-06): > Hi Jean, > > and thanks for the report. > > Jean Weisbuch <j...@phpnet.org> (2015-01-05): > > Package: debian-installer > > Version: 20130613+deb7u2 > > Severity: important > > Tags: d-i > > > > The debian-installer netboot image on wheezy is missing the module > > "./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.ko" > > which makes the mptspi module (which is used by VMWare virtual > > controller among others) unloadable with "Unknown symbol" errors on > > the dmesg resulting on the installer unable to detect the disk(s). > > > > As a side note, both the i386 netboot and the amd64 classic netinstall > > images contains the module. > > > > Taking the module from the netinstall amd64 iso and > > putting it on the initrd image solves the problem and the installer > > works fine then. > > > > > > It seems that the file has been missing for quite a long time : > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2011/03/msg00233.html > > It seems to have been fixed in: > | linux (3.14.13-2) unstable; urgency=medium > | … > | * Add scsi_transport_sas and scsi_transport_spi to scsi-core-modules udeb > | as optional so that these modules do not end up in two different udebs > | as dependencies. Remove them from the i386, ia64, powerpc and sparc > | definition. > | … > | -- Aurelien Jarno <aure...@debian.org> Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:05:08 +0200 > > which has been merged as r21638. > > Should probably be reassigned to src:linux, and the following patch > against the wheezy branch should help? (I've verified these modules are > indeed shipped in the linux-image package; some others exist as well, > not sure they're worth shipping along…)
Kernel-team: what's your opinion on this? I'm attaching a refreshed (debian/changelog…) patch. Mraw, KiBi.
Index: debian/changelog =================================================================== --- debian/changelog (revision 22423) +++ debian/changelog (working copy) @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ * PCI: quirks: Fix backport of quirk_io() * [x86] mm/fault: Fix semaphore imbalance introduced in 3.2.67 + [ Cyril Brulebois ] + * udeb: scsi-core-modules: Add scsi_transport_sas and + scsi_transport_spi as optional (Closes: #774620). + -- Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 03:42:59 +0000 linux (3.2.65-1+deb7u2) wheezy-security; urgency=medium Index: debian/installer/modules/scsi-core-modules =================================================================== --- debian/installer/modules/scsi-core-modules (revision 22423) +++ debian/installer/modules/scsi-core-modules (working copy) @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ scsi_dh scsi_mod sd_mod +scsi_transport_sas ? +scsi_transport_spi ?
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