AW: Problem with virtio network boot

[Denny Bortfeldt]

Hey,

/srv/tftp/fai# lsinitrd initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64  | grep virtio
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        25872 Apr  9 00:54 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/block/virtio_blk.ko
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        51376 Apr  9 00:54 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/virtio_net.ko
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        28240 Apr  9 00:54 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.ko
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Jun 13 16:26 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/virtio
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        13512 Apr  9 00:54 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio.ko
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        20200 Apr  9 00:54 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.ko
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        22608 Apr  9 00:54 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.ko

Drivers are included.

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Von: linux-fai [mailto:linux-fai-bounces at uni-koeln.de] Im Auftrag von Thomas Lange
Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Juni 2016 17:18
An: fully automatic installation for Linux
Betreff: Re: Problem with virtio network boot

>>>>> On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:09:49 +0000, Denny Bortfeldt <d.bortfeldt at babiel.com> said:

    > When I create the VM with an e1000 driver everything works fine.
    > We didn’t have this problem with FAI 3, this now happens with FAI 5.

    > Seems like dracut don’t support virtio out of the box?
Yes, it should support virtio devices. Use this to check if the drivers are included into the initrd.

> lsinitrd /srv/fai/nfsroot/boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        25872 Mar  9 05:42 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/block/virtio_blk.ko
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        51376 Mar  9 05:41 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/virtio_net.ko
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        28240 Mar  9 05:41 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.ko
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Apr 15 14:33 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/virtio
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        13512 Mar  9 05:41 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio.ko
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        20200 Mar  9 05:41 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.ko
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        22608 Mar  9 05:41 lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.ko


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regards Thomas