On Fri, 2014-12-26 at 18:43 +0800, Chen Baozi wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Ian Campbell <i...@debian.org> wrote: > > On Tue, 2014-12-23 at 16:27 +0800, Chen Baozi wrote: > >> I have a glance at the kernel’s installer configs and tried the netboot > >> without any modification. Some work should be done to make debian-installer > >> support OMAP5 uEVM (e.g., ethernet driver etc). > > > > Right, those should be listed in e.g. > > debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/nic-modules. > > > >> By waiting the kernel building with some initial attempted configs added, > >> just one question to ask. I looked through the > >> debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/, but it looks like none of > >> files is about regulator modules. However, according to my previous > >> experience, missing regulator driver modules is the main reason that > >> the old debian kernel doesn’t support OMAP5 uEVM. How does debian-installer > >> deal with this situation (if it does need extra regulator drivers > >> included?) > > > > Long term its a bit of an open question what we do wrt modules such as > > regulators, clocks, pinctrl etc. > > > > So far we have been a bit lucky: either such things are so central to > > the platform that it is acceptable (at least for now) to just build them > > into the main kernel binary by making them =y (e.g. CONFIG_I2C_S3C2410 > > which is for the main power controller on arndale) or they are closely > > associated with some particular device and it makes sense to put them in > > that udeb (e.g. phy-exynos5250-sata in sata-modules, or phy-sun4i-usb in > > usb-modules). > > > > Eventually I expect that we will end up creating separate udebs for > > these things, but I'm hoping that we can defer that until at least > > Stretch to avoid needing to mess around with any more new packages for > > Jessie. > > > > If uEVM has some module which either shouldn't be built in or isn't > > obviously associated with a particular device let us know what it is and > > we can have a think about how best to approach it. > > > > One thing I've played with, and I'm not sure if this is acceptable or > > not, is to put core drivers which aren't =y into the kernel-image udeb > > itself. I'm not really sure if that's a good idea, we don't currently do > > this for anything AFAIK, but it's perhaps an option. > > With the attached patch applied, debian installer (tested with > network-console) > can support OMAP5's ethernet driver and external MicroSD card. > > Note that I added related regulator & phy entries to files that mainly writes > the modules which use them, since there is no file dedicated to those > modules.
Do you know if phy-ti-pipe3 is used exclusively by USB or just only within the set of things used in the d-i context? Likewise the two regulators added to mmc? > > Baozi. > > --- > diff -Nru linux-3.16.7/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/mmc-modules > linux-3.16.7-ckt2/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/mmc-modules > --- linux-3.16.7/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/mmc-modules > 2014-09-21 20:04:21.000000000 +0000 > +++ linux-3.16.7-ckt2/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/mmc-modules > 2014-12-26 03:16:02.000000000 +0000 > @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ > omap_hsmmc > sunxi-mmc > dw_mmc-exynos > +pbias-regulator > +palmas-regulator > diff -Nru linux-3.16.7/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/usb-modules > linux-3.16.7-ckt2/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/usb-modules > --- linux-3.16.7/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/usb-modules > 2014-12-23 08:10:49.000000000 +0000 > +++ linux-3.16.7-ckt2/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/usb-modules > 2014-12-25 02:56:08.000000000 +0000 > @@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ > #include <usb-modules> > phy-sun4i-usb > dwc3-exynos > ohci-exynos > ehci-exynos > phy-exynos-usb2 > ci_hdrc_imx > +phy-mxs-usb Ack to your followup comment on this one. > +dwc3-omap > +ohci-omap3 > +ehci-omap > +phy-omap-usb2 > +phy-ti-pipe3 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1419757685.13595.20.ca...@debian.org
