tag 655124 patch stop Hello debian-installer team,
Please have a look at this possible patch that came along on the debian-mips mailinglist ----- Forwarded message from Arnaud Patard <arnaud.pat...@rtp-net.org> ----- Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:59:44 +0200 From: Arnaud Patard <arnaud.pat...@rtp-net.org> To: Michael Stevens <mstev...@etla.org> Cc: debian-m...@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: What is the status of Debian on Lemote Fuloong? Organization: RtpNet Message-ID: <87r4slgeu7....@lebrac.rtp-net.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Michael Stevens <mstev...@etla.org> writes: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 02:30:07PM +0000, Code Blue wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 10:55:25AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: >> > * Code Blue (codeb...@inbox.lv) [120708 10:32]: >> > > Can anybody point me to a source that describes exactly how to get this >> > > running? I have no idea how to install Debian on the Fuloong since I >> > > haven't >> > > found a bootable USB installer. >> > >> > see http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual and >> > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/mipsel/index.html.en for generic >> > information. >> > >> > I usually use the images from >> > http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/mipsel/daily/loongson-2f/netboot/ >> > and do netboot (please be aware that you either need to go back to the >> > menu early to set question level to low, or you end up installing >> > testing). If you have questions on that, please don't hesitate to ask >> > here. >> >> Thank you, this helps a lot. It boots but it can't find the kernel >> module for the network adapter. I am surprised because if this is for >> loongson there is only one choice here, and it is not on the list. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655124 > > I'm guessing it's this debian-installer bug I reported some time ago? if you need the r8169 during installation, I guess that a patch like in the kernel like the following one may help (not tested at all). Index: debian/installer/mipsel/modules/mipsel-loongson-2f/nic-modules =================================================================== --- debian/installer/mipsel/modules/mipsel-loongson-2f/nic-modules (revision 19204) +++ debian/installer/mipsel/modules/mipsel-loongson-2f/nic-modules (working copy) @@ -1 +1,2 @@ 8139too +r8169 Regards, Arnaud -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mips-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r4slgeu7....@lebrac.rtp-net.org ----- End forwarded message ----- stappers@fulong:~ $ lsmod | grep ^r r8169 41527 0 rtc_cmos 8329 0 stappers@fulong:~ $ uname -a Linux fulong 2.6.35-trunk-loongson-2f #1 Tue Aug 17 21:45:32 UTC 2010 mips64 GNU/Linux stappers@fulong:~ $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.35-trunk-loongson-2f (Debian 2.6.35-1~experimental.2) (m...@debian.org) (gcc version 4.4.5 20100728 (prerelease) (Debian 4.4.4-8) ) #1 Tue Aug 17 21:45:32 UTC 2010 stappers@fulong:~ $ Groeten Geert Stappers -- > And is there a policy on top-posting vs. bottom-posting? Yes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120709202421.gg26...@gpm.stappers.nl
