Re: CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS

2010-10-06 Thread Sam Vilain
On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 00:27 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Can it be enabled in future Debian kernels? > > It will not be enabled. Ben, this comment is poor communication, almost dismissive of my real integration issues with the Debian kernels. Why has this option been disabled in the first pla

CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS

2010-10-06 Thread Sam Vilain
I know this option is labelled as "legacy", but it is still required for, eg, scsitools' rescan-scsi-bus.sh script - as far as I know there is no other way to force Linux to notice that a device has been plugged or a RAID controller configured to make a device accessible. Can it be enabled in futu

Bug#598542: 'live' script requiring aufs

2010-09-29 Thread Sam Vilain
You're right, I was fooled by the file existing in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts, sorry to bother you... Sam signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#598543: various firmware and initrd.img woes

2010-09-29 Thread Sam Vilain
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.98.4 Hi there, I noticed these problems on the lenny version but the current unstable version seems to have the same problem, too. There are various complications with using firmware with initrd.img. First, the /lib/udev/firmware.agent file should probably be

Bug#598542: please support boot without aufs

2010-09-29 Thread Sam Vilain
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.98.4 aufs is an out-of-tree project, and this presents considerable management challenges. For instance, current the Linux kernel in experimental has no aufs module. Given that compared to tmpfs, aufs is used primarily to save RAM, it should be reasonable to f