Yaboot is supposed to work without an ofboot=blah entry in /etc/yaboot.conf since ybin 0.18 (according to the yaboot.conf man page). Now I configured my kernel without CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS support since it is considered "legacy" support: --- from the Kernel help page --- legacy /proc/ide/ support CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS: This option enables support for the various files in /proc/ide. In Linux 2.6 this has been superseded by files in sysfs but many legacy applications rely on this. --- --- When I execute ofpath /dev/hda2 --- --- thomas@mac ~ 10 ofpath /dev/hda2 ofpath: /dev/hda: Device not configured --- --- it is not able to find the proper ATA drive information because it does not continue looking in the sysfs path. ofpath checks for /proc/ide directory --- from /usr/sbin/ofpath --- if [ ! -L "/proc/ide/$DEVNODE" ] ; then echo 1>&2 "$PRG: /dev/$DEVNODE: Device not configured" return 1 fi --- --- which is obviously not available and then just stops the execution. I guess it could gather the necessary information from sysfs, too.
Yes, that's true. As the kernel suggests, you should default to leaving this on. However, I've attached a patch which fixes the issue (at least for me). I'm not sure how appropriate it is for pushing it to the yaboot folks, but if you'd give it a try, I'd appreciate it. Thanks
Created attachment 177929 [details, diff] ofpath patch for only using sysfs nodes to determine the OF Path This patch fixes ofpath to use only sysfs nodes if /proc isn't available to determine the IDE drive OF paths.
(In reply to comment #2) > Created an attachment (id=177929) [edit] > ofpath patch for only using sysfs nodes to determine the OF Path > > This patch fixes ofpath to use only sysfs nodes if /proc isn't available to > determine the IDE drive OF paths. > mac tmp # ./ofpath /dev/hda2 /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:2 Seems to be okay now. Thanks!
I submitted the patch upstream, hopefully it'll make it into the next version.
tried to use the new sda but got stuck with yaboot failing. tried adding CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS to the kernel and that did not work. can i enable that option and use the new sda or does that only work with the old ide ? then i tried the patch and with my external disk plugged in i get a firewire path for both disks, internal and external, and without it plugged in i get /disk@0. i do not know much about the ofpath, is this the correct path for an ibook g4 : /pci/@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0 ?
There hasn't been any word from upstream on a new yaboot release, so I added this patch to CVS. Please reopen this bug if there are issues.
