Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.75 Severity: important
I'm working on a small thin client project based on initramfs called TCOS[1]. This is similar to pxes, but I copy my debian installed apps and libs into initramfs and boot from network throught tftp. In older version of initramfs-tools sound work ok, but in newer not. Not know when sound break. Tcos have a dir in /etc like this: /etc/tcos |-- hooks | |-- tcosbin | `-- tcosmods |-- hooks-addons | |-- debug | |-- devices | |-- dhclient | |-- discover | |-- freenx | |-- hwclock | |-- inetd | |-- italc | |-- sound | |-- ssh | |-- tcos | |-- tcosmonitor | |-- tinylogin | |-- vnc | |-- web_browser | `-- xorg |-- initramfs.conf |-- scripts | |-- tcos | |-- tcos-bottom | | |-- 05inittcos | | |-- 10initsound | | |-- 20devices | | |-- 25freespace | | |-- 30startx | | `-- 50error | |-- tcos-premount | | |-- 05network | | |-- 10fstab | | |-- 15uselocal | | |-- 20swapon | | |-- 25download_settings | | |-- 30sqmount | | |-- 50ldconfig | | `-- 60autofs | `-- tcos-top | `-- 10foo There are some file not listed.... I create initramfs images with: mkinitramfs -d /etc/tcos -o /tftpboot/tcos/initramfs 2.6.16-1-486 mkinitramfs work ok and generate initramfs that boot ok but without sound. The important hook is tcosmods that copy some kernel modules into initramfs with manual_add_modules: A simple hook like next will copy this modules into initramfs: ################## 8< ####################### MODULES="ide-core ide-disk ide-generic ide-cd cdrom isofs ext3 vfat floppy autofs autofs4 ehci-hcd ohci-hcd uhci-hcd sl811-hcd usbcore usb-storage scsi_mod sr_mod sd_mod loop unionfs squashfs nls_cp437 nls_iso8859-1 pcnet32 3c59x video psmouse mousedev evbug evdev agpgart vgastate lkkbd xtkbd pcspkr soundcore snd-seq-device snd-pcm snd-rawmidi snd snd-hwdep snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-ac97-codec snd-ens1371 snd-via82xx piix via82cxxx parport_pc" for x in ${MODULES} ; do echo "Adding module ${x}" manual_add_modules ${x} done ################## >8 ####################### But, if I check later, next file/modules are not into initramfs: snd-pcm.ko snd.ko snd-ens1371.ko snd-via82xx.ko If I debug manual_add_modules i obtain for example with snd-via82xx: + set -x + manual_add_modules snd-via82xx ++ modprobe --set-version=2.6.16-1-486 --show-depends snd-via82xx ++ awk '/^insmod/ { print $2 }' + for mam_x in '$(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '\''/^insmod/ { print $2 }'\'')' + '[' -e /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko ']' + continue + for mam_x in '$(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '\''/^insmod/ { print $2 }'\'')' + '[' -e /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko ']' + continue + for mam_x in '$(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '\''/^insmod/ { print $2 }'\'')' + '[' -e /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko ']' + continue + for mam_x in '$(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '\''/^insmod/ { print $2 }'\'')' + '[' -e /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko ']' ++ dirname /lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko + mkdir -p /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401 ++ dirname /lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko + ln -s /lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401 + '[' -n n -a n = y ']' + for mam_x in '$(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '\''/^insmod/ { print $2 }'\'')' + '[' -e /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko ']' + continue + for mam_x in '$(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '\''/^insmod/ { print $2 }'\'')' + '[' -e /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko ']' + continue + for mam_x in '$(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '\''/^insmod/ { print $2 }'\'')' + '[' -e /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-bus.ko ']' + continue + for mam_x in '$(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '\''/^insmod/ { print $2 }'\'')' + '[' -e /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko ']' + continue + for mam_x in '$(modprobe --set-version="${version}" --show-depends "${1}" 2>/dev/null | awk '\''/^insmod/ { print $2 }'\'')' + '[' -e /tmp/mkinitramfs_t31173//lib/modules/2.6.16-1-486/kernel/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.ko ']' + continue + set +x As you can see via-82xx.ko is not processed and linked.... I have uploaded code into mentors: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main $ apt-get source initramfs-tools-tcos [1] http://soleup.eup.uva.es/mediawiki/index.php/Tcos (now server is down) No other important info... Thanks for attention. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-k7 Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on: ii busybox 1:1.1.3-2 Tiny utilities for small and embed ii cpio 2.6-17 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii klibc-utils 1.4.19-2 small statically-linked utilities ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii udev 0.097-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo initramfs-tools recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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