Hi Cyril, This is the only fix I have for s390-dasd and we can release the package to unstable. This is good for back-porting to bullseye as well. However, I am still testing the installer and more bugs/fixes are on their way for s390 installer packages.
I am new to this but I am committed to supporting s390x moving forward. So I would like to know how I should ideally move forward with this fix. May be through the package update and sponsorship path? Thanks, -Dipak Zope From: "Cyril Brulebois" <k...@debian.org> To: "Dipak Zope" <dipak.zo...@ibm.com>, 1004...@bugs.debian.org Date: 24/01/2022 10:32 PM Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Bug#1004292: debian-installer:s390x: installer fails to format dasd disc on s390x systems Hi Dipak, Dipak Zope <dipak.zo...@ibm.com> (2022-01-24): > On s390x machines with dasd disc, the installer fails to format the dasd > disc. > > Logs: > Jan 24 12:25:13 main-menu[341]: INFO: Menu item 's390-dasd' selected > Jan 24 12:25:19 s390-dasd[3224]: dasdfmt: > Jan 24 12:25:19 main-menu[341]: WARNING **: Configuring 's390-dasd' failed with error code 1 > Jan 24 12:25:19 main-menu[341]: WARNING **: Menu item 's390-dasd' failed. > > > Root cause: > The s390-dasd package calls dasdfmt with '-f' option which is obselete > long ago. > > Proposed Fix: > s390-dasd / dasd-config.c: line 393: > Existing line: snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "dasdfmt -l LX%04x -b 4096 -m 1 -f %s -y", channel_device (channel_current->name), dev); > Proposed line: snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "dasdfmt -l LX%04x -b 4096 -m 1 %s -y", channel_device (channel_current->name), dev); > > > This fix is verified. Logs for reference after changes (with additional > debug statement): Thanks for the proposed fix and the verification. Do you have anything else s390x/dasd related? Or can we commit this fix, release the package to unstable and consider backporting it to bullseye? Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant [attachment "signature.asc" deleted by Dipak Zope1/India/Contr/IBM]
