[Bug 531017] [NEW] Unable to detect VMware's PVSCSI device during installation.

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I suspect this is because the alternate installer kernel that is
available for the server variant, doesn't have the necessary drivers.

To confirm this, I opened the initrd file that is available in the ISO
under the "install" directory on the ISO and I don't see the
vmw_pvscsi.ko module over there.

bash-3.2$ pwd
/tmp/delete/tmp/lib/modules/2.6.32-14-generic/kernel
bash-3.2$ ls drivers/scsi/
3w-9xxx.ko   arcmsr       eata.ko     ips.ko           megaraid.ko  qla4xxx                  scsi_transport_sas.ko
3w-xxxx.ko   atp870u.ko   fdomain.ko  iscsi_tcp.ko     mvsas        qlogicfas408.ko          scsi_transport_spi.ko
a100u2w.ko   BusLogic.ko  gdth.ko     libiscsi.ko      osst.ko      raid_class.ko            stex.ko
aacraid      ch.ko        hptiop.ko   libiscsi_tcp.ko  pcmcia       scsi_debug.ko            sym53c8xx_2
advansys.ko  dc395x.ko    imm.ko      libsas           ppa.ko       scsi_tgt.ko              tmscsim.ko
aic7xxx      dmx3191d.ko  initio.ko   lpfc             qla1280.ko   scsi_transport_fc.ko
aic94xx      dpt_i2o.ko   ipr.ko      megaraid         qla2xxx      scsi_transport_iscsi.ko

This module is required in the installer kernel because VMware supports PVSCSI as the boot adapter.
Please note that the vmw_pvscsi modules does exist in the generic linux package which installs the kernel to be used after the installation.

Please note that this problem does *not* exist with the Desktop variant,
we are able to install Ubuntu 10.04 in a VM which uses pvscsi as the
boot device.  I guess the installer and the generic kernel are same for
that case ?

We also plan to support vmxnet3 as the only ethernet device in the VM
and for that we will require the vmxnet3.ko module too in the installer
kernel.

Thanks.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
         Status: In Progress

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Unable to detect VMware's PVSCSI device during installation.
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/531017
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