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------- Comment From gmgaydos@xxxxxxxxxx 2015-11-19 17:45 EDT-------
Hi Canonical,
This initrd.gz in 14.04.3 ppc64le full iso might be working as designed.  An 14.04.3 amd64 iso also shows only mellanox in the ethernet driver directory of initrd.gz   Please confirm.

I raised this bug on behalf of a different bug from an internal user
(not external customer).  I'm trying to clarify, but that user may be
trying to netboot 14.04.3 ppc64le full iso and fails because the full
iso doesn't have the bnx2x driver.  The mini iso has the bnx2x driver
but it's uplevel from 14.04.3 ga.  Is a mini.iso for 14.04.3 ppc64le GA
available for download?  I couldn't find one. .

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Title:
  ubuntu-14.04.3-server-ppc64el.iso is missing many modules in initrd.gz

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  == Comment: #0 - Gary M. Gaydos <gmgaydos@xxxxxxxxxx> - 2015-11-19 11:52:24 ==
  ---Problem Description---
  August 5, 2015 version of ubuntu-14.04.3-server-ppc64el.iso  from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/14.04.3/release/  is missing many modules in its initrd.gz
   
  Contact Information = gmgaydos@xxxxxxxxxx 
   
  ---uname output---
  Linux (none) 3.19.0-25-generic #26~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:17:43 UTC 2015 ppc64le GNU/Linux
   
  Machine Type = any ppc64 little endian machine 
   
  ---boot type---
  CDROM / ISO image
   
  ---Install repository type---
  CDROM
   
  ---Point of failure---
  Other failure during installation (stage 1)

  Detailed description:
  1)  Download http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/14.04.3/release/ubuntu-14.04.3-server-ppc64el.iso
  (dated Aug 5, 2015)
  2)  loop mount the iso image
  3)  copy the install/initrd.gz to a directory on your harddisk
  4)  fulliso]$ gunzip initrd.gz 
  5) fulliso]$ cpio -id < initrd 
  cpio: dev/console: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
  cpio: dev/null: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
  cpio: initrd not created: newer or same age version exists
  56679 blocks
  6) fulliso]$ cd lib/modules/3.19.0-25-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/
  7) ethernet]$ ls
  mellanox
  ethernet]$ 

  Note many ethernet drivers are missing from the initrd.gz

  In contrast, the mini.iso dated Nov 4, 2015, at
  http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/trusty-updates/main
  /installer-ppc64el/current/images/vivid-netboot/   has many ethernet
  drivers in it's initrd.gz

  ethernet]$ ls
  3com     atheros   dlink      intel     neterion       realtek  sun
  8390     broadcom  emulex     marvell   nvidia         sfc      ti
  adaptec  cisco     fealnx.ko  mellanox  packetengines  sis      via
  amd      dec       hp         natsemi   qlogic         smsc

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