From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MTg4l-0007Na-Hs for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:57:59 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MTg4j-0007Mw-MV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:57:57 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MTg4f-0007L2-SC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:57:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48456 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MTg4f-0007Kw-NI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:57:53 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:45030) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MTg4f-0008Fo-2d for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:57:53 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MTeyr-0007BX-Ok for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:47:50 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MTg4b-0002OY-HE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:57:49 +0200 Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:57:49 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090722175749.GO8706@thorin> References: <1248277541.3517.25.camel@fz.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1248277541.3517.25.camel@fz.local> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) Subject: Re: sparc: [Fwd: Bug#538030: grub-ieee1275 fails to install bootblock] X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:57:58 -0000 On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 05:45:41PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Hi David, > > could you please have a look at this? > It's a sparc problem. > > -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- > > Von: Alexander Vlasov > > Reply-to: Alexander Vlasov , > > 538030@bugs.debian.org > > An: submit@bugs.debian.org > > Betreff: Bug#538030: grub-ieee1275 fails to install bootblock > > Datum: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:26:05 +0200 > > > > Package: grub-ieee1275 > > Version: 1.96+20090709-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > I got a problem trying to setup grub as a bootloader on Ultra45 machine with > > LSI SAS controller. > > > > Namely, after installing a package I tried to run grub-install, but it failed > > with following diagnostic message: > > > > --- > > grub-mkdevicemap: error: Cannot open SAS PHY ID > > '/sys/devices/root/f0063e50/pci0000:02/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:09.0/0000:0a:00.0/0000:0b:01.0/host0/port-0:0/end_device-0:0/sas_device:end_device-0:0/phy_identifier' > > --- I think we should make GRUB tollerant to broken device.map on sparc, like we did for i386-pc. But I'm not sure if this is possible. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."