Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.32-30
Severity: wishlist

First and foremost, I've already browsed several bug reports dating back to 2008 that have requested this to be turned back on (mostly in the now nonexistent scsiadd package). The general attitude is "bug your software vendor if they don't support sysfs" but really, you can't expect this out of everyone. Especially a place like HighPoint who hasn't touched their drivers since 10/22/2009. I respect the position but, in my opinion, you're only hurting consumer level Debian users by turning extremely minor things like this off.

I upgraded my home Linux server from lenny to squeeze last weekend via a fresh install onto a new drive and my final to-do item was fix the CLI interface for my common, consumer-level, current-gen, hardware RAID5 card: a HighPoint RocketRaid 2310. Their CLI client that can be configured to email me when the array degrades simply stopped working after the upgrade. Compiled fine, but when ran it didn't do anything but claim the "driver wasn't loaded" even though I was clearly using the RAID array and seeing it in dmesg.

A tiny bit of Googling led me to this blog post from 1/12/2011: http://cosmicb.no/?p=136 which correctly explained hptraidconf was broken because Debian decided to turn legacy /proc/scsi support off in squeeze.

I think it should be turned back on to continue to support devices that use it that are unlikely to see their kernel tainting drivers updated to not use /proc/scsi.

Thanks and have a fine day. I sadly expect this to be quickly marked as wontfix with zero discussion because that's my experience with filing Debian bug reports.

-- Package-specific info:
** Kernel log: boot messages should be attached

** Model information
sys_vendor: System manufacturer
product_name: System Product Name
product_version: System Version
chassis_vendor: Chassis Manufacture
chassis_version: Chassis Version
bios_vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
bios_version: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1008
board_vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
board_name: A8N-SLI Premium
board_version: 1.02

** Network interface configuration:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 172.16.31.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 172.16.31.255
network 172.16.31.0
gateway 172.16.31.1

** PCI devices:
00:00.0 Memory controller [0580]: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller [10de:005e] (rev a3)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A8N-E Mainboard [1043:815a]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge [10de:0050] (rev a3)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N4-E or A8N-E Mainboard [1043:815a]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0

00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus [10de:0052] (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N4-E or A8N-E Mainboard [1043:815a]
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
Region 4: I/O ports at 4c00 [size=64]
Region 5: I/O ports at 4c40 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus

00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller [10de:005a] (rev a2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N4-E or A8N-E Mainboard [1043:815a]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20
Region 0: Memory at d6003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller [10de:005b] (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N4-E or A8N-E Mainboard [1043:815a]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 22
Region 0: Memory at feb00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE [10de:0053] (rev f2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N4-E or A8N-E Mainboard [1043:815a]
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Region 0: [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
Region 1: [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Region 2: [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
Region 3: [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd

00:07.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0054] (rev f3) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A8N-E Mainboard [1043:815a]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
Region 0: I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
Region 1: I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
Region 2: I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
Region 4: I/O ports at d800 [size=16]
Region 5: Memory at d6002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sata_nv

00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0055] (rev f3) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N4-E or A8N-E Mainboard [1043:815a]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
Region 0: I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8]
Region 1: I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4]
Region 2: I/O ports at 0960 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4]
Region 4: I/O ports at c400 [size=16]
Region 5: Memory at d6001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sata_nv

00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge [10de:005c] (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=128
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: d4000000-d5ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 80000000-800fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr+ DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

00:0a.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller [10de:0057] (rev a3)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N4-E or A8N-E Mainboard [1043:8141]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx+
Latency: 0 (250ns min, 5000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
Region 0: Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Region 1: I/O ports at b000 [size=8]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth

00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge [10de:005d] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: d2000000-d3ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080100000-00000000801fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge [10de:005d] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge [10de:005d] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:0e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge [10de:005d] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
Memory behind bridge: d0000000-d1ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000cfffffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Kernel driver in use: k8temp

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV410 [Radeon X700] [1002:5e4f] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:0670]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
Region 0: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 2: Memory at d1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Region 4: I/O ports at 8000 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at d0000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

01:00.1 Display controller [0380]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:5e6f]
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:0671]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Region 0: Memory at d1010000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

04:00.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: HighPoint Technologies, Inc. RocketRAID 2310 4 Port SATA-II Controller [1103:2310] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device [11ab:11ab]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at d3000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Region 2: I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 80100000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

05:0c.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:4320] (rev 13)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Asus) [1043:811a]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 32 (5750ns min, 7750ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at d5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Region 1: I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 80000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: skge


** USB devices:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 06a3:8000 Saitek PLC Gamers' Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers squeeze-updates
APT policy: (500, 'squeeze-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32tyler0 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.98.8 tools for generating an initramfs
ii linux-base 2.6.32-30 Linux image base package
ii module-init-tools 3.12-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 recommends:
pn firmware-linux-free <none> (no description available)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 suggests:
pn grub | lilo <none> (no description available)
pn linux-doc-2.6.32 <none> (no description available)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 is related to:
pn firmware-bnx2 <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-bnx2x <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-ipw2x00 <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-ivtv <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-iwlwifi <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-linux <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-linux-nonfree <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-qlogic <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-ralink <none> (no description available)
pn xen-hypervisor <none> (no description available)

-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.32-5-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.32-5-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64/postinst/missing-firmware-2.6.32-5-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64/postinst/ignoring-do-bootloader-2.6.32-5-amd64:



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