[arch-dev-public] Issue on kernel 2.6.25 upgrade

[Eric Belanger]

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008, Thomas Bächler wrote:

> Thomas Bächler schrieb:
>> Dan McGee schrieb:
>>> I've pasted the full output below, but what I wanted to point out is
>>> the "missing ide-cd module" part. Some of us unfortunately still have
>>> to use IDE.
>> 
>> How is it the sis driver is still not stable? (So glad my old board is 
>> broken).
>>
>>  > /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
>>  > :: Begin build
>>  > :: Parsing hook [base]
>>  > :: Parsing hook [udev]
>>  > :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
>>  > :: Parsing hook [ide]
>>  > ERROR: module 'ide[-_]cd' not found
>> 
>> Okay, it has been renamed to ide-cd_mod. I always wondered why we add the 
>> CD modules in there anyway: Nobody needs CD drives during initramfs. If 
>> he/she does (live cd), one can add it by hand. I will drop the CD modules 
>> from the mkinitcpio hooks completely.
>> 
>>> In addition, the kernel26.preset.pacnew file was installed with 600
>>> permissions...any reason why it is so restrictive?
>> 
>> No idea. I am using install -D -m644 to install the .preset, so it is your 
>> turn to tell me why.
>
> http://projects.archlinux.org/git/?p=mkinitcpio.git;a=summary
>
>

Do you plan to release soon a new mkinitcpio package with that fix? I have 
the same problem as Dan for my i686 system. I haven't updated to the new 
kernel yet because of that.
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