Karsten Merker <mer...@debian.org> (2014-10-01):
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:17:23AM +0200, Karsten Merker wrote:
>
> > I have started working on implementing hd-media support for the
> > armhf platform in debian-installer.
> [snip]
> > I have run some tests with the resulting tarball contents and a
> > Jesse CD1 iso copied onto a USB stick; booting and detecting the
> > ISO worked as expected on a Cubietruck (armhf/sunxi) with
> > mainline u-boot. I have not yet made a full installation due to
> > the kernel mismatch, but will do as soon kernel 3.16.3 has
> > made it onto the weekly CD.
>
> Attached is V2 of my patch for hd-media support on armhf. I have
> successfully installed a Cubietruck from a USB stick, set up from
> the hd-media tarball generated by this patch and with the current
> weekly armhf CD#1 iso copied to the stick.
>
> Changes since V1:
>
> - boot script:
>
> * Add the "console=" parameter to bootargs only if ${console}
> is set.
>
> * Reword the error message that is printed when the boot script
> is run on a non-mainline or an old-style mainline u-boot.
>
> - Cut down the module list in pkg-lists/hd-media/armhf.cfg to the
> necessary amount.
>
> - Explicitly list all files to go into the hd-media tarball
> instead of passing "." as file list to tar. This avoids
> accidentally setting permissions on the current directory
> when unpacking the tarball.
>
> Kibi, is this OK to apply to d-i git?If you're confident with it and arm@ is happy about it, sure, please go ahead. Mraw, KiBi.
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