Bug 93931

Summary:	Include ACARD SCSI driver on LiveCD
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	MAL <mal>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	2005.0
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description MAL 2005-05-25 05:50:30 UTC

Just a request to include the ACARD SCSI driver on the LiveCD - I was quite 
surprised to boot the LiveCD just now and be told it couldn't find a root 
device!

It's part of the mainline kernel, so is there any real reason to have it 
omitted?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-25 06:01:27 UTC

CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD=m

It is included.  Did you try to modprobe acard when it dropped you to a shell? 
If it doesn't auto-load via genkernel, it would be because it causes lockups on
machines that do not have the card.  Simply loading the module manually and then
pointing to the boot device, as instructed by the Install CD itself, is enough
to boot.

Comment 2 MAL 2005-05-25 07:15:52 UTC

The module I use is called atp870u, not acard, but when I was dropped to the 
minimal ash shell during boot, I couldn't see either in /lib/modules/linux-2.6.
xx-gentoo-rx/kernel/drivers/scsi/

After attaching an IDE CD drive to the system and booting the LiveCD from that, 
there seemed to be more modules in /lib/modules/X/kernel/drivers/scsi/ including 
atp870u.

I stand confused!