[Arm-dev] Missing xhci-platform.ko in initramfs

[Jim Perrin]

If you're upgrading a firmware that changes the driver requirements, you
would need to then rebuild the existing initramfs with the updated
driver. This is expected behavior.

On 06/08/2017 07:49 AM, Phong Vo wrote:
> +-----Original Message-----
> +From: Phong Vo [mailto:pvo at apm.com]
> +Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 10:06 AM
> +To: 'Conversations around CentOS on ARM hardware'
> +Subject: Missing xhci-platform.ko in initramfs
> +
> +Hi Jim,
> +
> +We are working on our next-gen SATA IP and it no longer requires xhci-
> +xgene driver but instead would work with just the standard ahci-platform
> +driver. On testing this, we just realize that ahci-platform.ko is
> +present in CentOS installer initrd, but on installation completion, it
> +is missing from initramfs.
> +
> +We would appreciate if you can take care of this for the next build.
> +
> +-Phong
> 
> Hi Jim, it appears that this is not an issue, but just the way initramfs
> is
> created such that only the required drivers are installed. We thought that
> dracut "hostonly" is not the default?
> 
> Our issue is only when we upgrade BIOS (requiring new SATA driver) and
> boot over an
> existing installation with the old SATA driver. A fresh installation is of
> no issue.
> 
> -Phong
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