[PATCH 1/4] Add ps3_storage module alias

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 02:49:14PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Josh Boyer wrote:
> >> This allows the upgrade path from older kernel releases to work
> >> with the Fedora mkinitrd tool.
> >> 
> >> ---
> >> 
> >> --- linux-2.6.22.ppc64/drivers/block/ps3disk.c~	2007-07-25 16:06:16.000000000 +0100
> >> +++ linux-2.6.22.ppc64/drivers/block/ps3disk.c	2007-07-26 08:49:44.000000000 +0100
> >> @@ -628,3 +628,4 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> >>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PS3 Disk Storage Driver");
> >>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Sony Corporation");
> >>  MODULE_ALIAS(PS3_MODULE_ALIAS_STOR_DISK);
> >> +MODULE_ALIAS("ps3_storage");
> >
> >NAKed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven at sonycom.com>
> >
> >ps3_storage was replaced by 3 drivers: ps3disk, ps3rom, and ps3flash. These are
> >automatically loaded by udev.
> >
> >How does mkinitrd determine the driver for the root file system on other
> >systems? Does it really contain a big list of e.g. all SCSI drivers?
> 
> At one time I believe it did have a list of "odd" drivers to explicitly
> include.  Anaconda didn't (doesn't?) use udev to determine which drivers
> to include in the initrd since the install image is most likely not composed
> on a machine that includes those drivers.  If the install initrd didn't have
> the drivers loaded, it wouldn't install on PS3.
> 
> This is highlighted as a Fedora local change, probably for the reasons you
> state.  We might have already moved past the point where this is needed,
> so I'm fine with it being NAKed.  I'll probably just drop it from the Fedora
> kernel builds.

It's possible it's (still) needed on Fedora, though (Geoff, do you know?).
But it's definitely not something we want in mainline.

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect
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