Re: pata drivers in the alpha installer

Hi again,

On 5/8/19 23:16, Frank Scheiner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On 5/8/19 22:24, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> Hello  JH Chatenet!
>>
>> On 5/8/19 10:19 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> I wonder if the line in the patch of bug #920353 [1] :
>>>
>>> pata-modules-${kernel:Version}
>>>
>>> would still be helpful. (I haven't tested since I
>>> submitted the bug report)
>>
>> I missed that part back then because you put two different topics
>> into one bug report. I only addressed the issue with the release
>> name but not the missing pata-modules entry. I will have a look if
>> it's indeed missing and add the drivers.
>
> The pata-modules are indeed missing in the initramfs for the installer
> CDROM and the cause of my installation problems on my DS25 (see [1] and
> follow-ups). I haven't yet tested on my DS20E and ES45, but assume they
> are also affected, if their disc drives are attached to a PATA port.
>
> [1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2019/05/msg00000.html

I now think we also need to add the "ata-modules" UDEB to the initramfs
for the installer CDROM, as this contains the `libata` module, which
seems to be a dependency of at least the `pata_ali` module:

```
root@ds25:/lib/modules/4.19.0-4-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/ata# modprobe
-v pata_ali
insmod /lib/modules/4.19.0-4-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/ata/libata.ko
insmod /lib/modules/4.19.0-4-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_ali.ko
```

...and possibly others (see [2]).

[2]:
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/blob/master/debian/installer/modules/ata-modules

Cheers,
Frank