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initramfs-tools package

Incorrectly identify blockdevice for mmcblkXpY

Bug #556441 reported by yope
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

When installing on a system that has SD-card deices named mmcblkXpY (X=card number, Y=partition), the function deb_add_modules() contained in the file /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions incorrectly strips off the whole "XpY" part of the device, ending up with the string "mmcblk" in variable $block, and exits complaining that it cannot find /sys/block/mmcblk.

This occured while installing "lucid" on a iMX515 evaluation board and selecting /dev/mmcblk1p1 as root partition.

Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Looks like Oliver fixed this last week:

initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu72) lucid; urgency=low

  * make sure we can use mmc cards for / and add a proper sysfs handler,
    (mmc always uses numbering in the device name like mmcblk[0-9]p[0-n], make
    sure hook-functions only cuts off the partition but not the device number)

 -- Oliver Grawert <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:40:30 +0200

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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