From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Meiyo Peng Subject: bug#36574: The installer recommends wrong initrd module names Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:57:03 +0800 Message-ID: <87wogqxim8.fsf@riseup.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53735) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hlAIV-0006xO-F4 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:58:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hlAIU-0008QU-AE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:58:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54298) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hlAIU-0008QH-5f for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:58:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hlAIU-0003kX-47 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:58:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53463) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hlAHe-0006q7-Fj for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:57:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hlAHd-0007jm-86 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:57:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:36526) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hlAHc-0007id-R0 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:57:09 -0400 Received: from bell.riseup.net (bell-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD04D1A3E93 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 03:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bell.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 31A91223605 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 03:57:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [local]) by localhost (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 885fc5d1 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 10:57:03 +0000 (UTC) List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 36574@debbugs.gnu.org Hi, When I install Guix on a low end computer using the `guix system init` command, the installer says that "mmc_block" and "sdhci_acpi" should be added into initrd-modules: #+begin_example error: you may need these modules in the initrd for /dev/mmcblk0p2: mmc_block sdhci_acpi hint: Try adding them to the `initrd-modules' field of your `operating-system' declaration, along these lines: (operating-system ;; ... (initrd-modules (append (list "mmc_block" "sdhci_acpi") %base-initrd-modules))) #+end_example This computer has an eMMC disk, so this sounds reasonable. I made that modification and the installation process succeeded. But when I boot the computer, it complained that "sdhci_acpi" could not be found. After spending hours digging around, I finally found out that the required module name is actuall called "sdhci-acpi" rather than "sdhci_acpi". The computer can successfully boot into Guix when I replace "sdhci_acpi" with "sdhci-acpi" and reinstall Guix. So the problem is that the Guix installer recommends wrong initrd module names to user. -- Meiyo Peng https://www.pengmeiyu.com/