On Sep 17, 2015, at 2:40 AM, Hector Oron <hector.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > 2015-09-15 22:16 GMT+02:00 Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com>: >> On Sep 3, 2015, at 7:01 AM, Renato Caldas <rm.santos.cal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> After updating the kernel from 3.16 (stable) to 4.1 (bpo), I was >>> unable to boot. A similar problem (and solution) was described here: >>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2015/05/msg00073.html >>> >>> Turns out flash-kernel also requires update. After installing >>> flash-kernel from "testing" I was able to properly flash >>> linux-image-4.1.0-0.bpo.1-kirkwood and its initrd. >>> >>> Could you please also include flash-kernel from testing in the bpo >>> repository? >>> Moreover, it would be great if updating the kernel would also update >>> flash-kernel, but I'm not sure how that could be done (especially >>> since 3.16 and 4.1 can be installed side-by-side). >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Renato >>> >>> >> >>> Hello again, >>> >>> Just discovered that qcontrol from testing is also required. Otherwise >>> qcontrol.service will fail to start, and the watchdog will >>> periodically reboot the device. >> >> Interesting… >> >> Last night I installed linux-image-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-kirkwood (note: “bpo.2”, >> not “bpo.1” but should that make any difference?) on my SheevaPlug. I did >> not update flash-kernel or qcontrol. But it rebooted cleanly following the >> upgrade and it’s been running for 12 hours with no watchdog problems. >> >> Was this fixed in bpo.2? > > Not really, it is orthogonal issue. Could you please post flash-kernel > and qcontrol versions installed in your device? > In anycase, I think we should provide qcontrol and flash-kernel > backport was well. > > Regards, > -- > Héctor Orón -.. . -... .. .- -. -.. . ...- . .-.. --- .--. . .-. > Here you go… Note that control is NOT installed on this sheevaplug (apparently unnecessary) > rbthomas@sheeva:~$ aptitude -v show flash-kernel qcontrol > Package: flash-kernel > State: installed > Automatically installed: no > Version: 3.35+deb8u1 > Priority: optional > Section: utils > Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-b...@lists.debian.org> > Architecture: armel > Uncompressed Size: 76.8 k > Compressed Size: 34.2 k > Filename: pool/main/f/flash-kernel/flash-kernel_3.35+deb8u1_armel.deb > MD5sum: 1ac6caffc45f1bd0d4a9ddee51807546 > Archive: stable, now > Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, devio, initramfs-tools (>= 0.92f), > linux-base (>= 3.2), ucf > Recommends: u-boot-tools > Description: utility to make certain embedded devices bootable > flash-kernel is a script which will put the kernel and initramfs in the boot > location of embedded devices that don't load the > kernel and initramfs directly from /boot. flash-kernel supports devices > that boot from flash memory (hence the name) as well > as some devices that require a special boot image on the disk. > > Package: qcontrol > State: not installed > Version: 0.5.4-1+deb8u1 > Priority: optional > Section: utils > Maintainer: Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> > Architecture: armel > Uncompressed Size: 60.4 k > Compressed Size: 22.8 k > Filename: pool/main/q/qcontrol/qcontrol_0.5.4-1+deb8u1_armel.deb > MD5sum: d42c7c88f686f3c0eff3f5fc29791d11 > Archive: stable > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), liblua5.1-0, udev (>= 0.141-2) > Description: hardware control for QNAP Turbo Station devices > Allows one to send commands to the microcontroller of supported devices, for > example to change leds or sound a buzzer. > > Depending on the device it can also monitor for example for button presses > or temperature, with events triggering actions > defined in the configuration file. > > Supported devices at this time are the QNAP TS-109, TS-110, TS-119, TS-209, > TS-210, TS-219, TS-219P, TS-409, TS-409U, TS-410, > TS-410U, TS-419P and TS-419U but the code is extensible so more devices may > be added in future releases. > Homepage: https://gitorious.org/qcontrol/pages/Home > > rbthomas@sheeva:~$ > Enjoy! Rick
