[Debootloaders-yaboot] Bug#572869: PowerMac G5 installation report: ofpath doesn't work in the absence of /proc/scsi/scsi

[Milan Kupcevic]

tags 572869 patch
thanks


   * Get scsi, sata, and firewire drive info from /sys/ as legacy
     /proc/scsi interface does not exist anymore.
     (Closes: #572869, #377097, #342833, #289201)


Find bug-fix test install cd at:
http://www.quarkline.net/debian/bug/yaboot/

The attached patch was successfully tested/installed on:

IBM POWER IntelliStation 270
IBM pSeries 610
IBM RS/6000 44P Model 170
Xserve G5
PowerMac G5 SATA, SCSI, ESATA, Firewire
iMac G5 SATA, Firewire
eMac G4 ATA, Firewire
Mac Mini G4 ATA, Firewire
PowerMac G4 SCSI, ATA, SATA
PowerMac G3 Server SCSI, SATA
PowerBook G3 ATA, SCSI
iBook G3 ATA, Firewire
YDL PowerStation built-in SAS


Add-on SATA controlers used during testing on Macs:

Sonnet Tempo SATA PCI
SeriTek/1V4
SeriTek/1eVE2+2
SeriTek/1S2
SIIG SC-SATM12
AKIBAKAN AKB-SATA-PCI
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