Le 16/04/2015 09:20, Ian Campbell a écrit : > On Wed, 2015-04-15 at 23:39 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >> Karsten Merker <mer...@debian.org> (2015-04-15): >>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 06:42:57PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: >>>> Did some troubleshooting (far more than I expected, now I remember >>>> why I hadn't already done this for BBB), and came up with a patch >>>> for u-boot that makes it work with d-i by emulating some distro >>>> bootcmd variables (similar to the patch for wandboard), and a small >>>> patch to flash kernel to support the change in how the "bootpart" >>>> variable is used. >> >> Since Karsten mentions both have to reach jessie in lockstep, I'm >> wondering whether there should be a Breaks: somewhere to avoid some >> breakages in case of a partial update. >> >>>> I've tested that it boots the armhf daily hd-media installer and >>>> boots an installed system. I could upload a new version of u-boot if >>>> it's deemed worth it; otherwise we'll just need more complicated >>>> instructions for manually loading the installer on d-i. FWIW, The >>>> netboot media via tftp works without any changes. >>>> >>>> If the user ever used u-boot's "saveenv" command, it may take >>>> considerable effort resetting the environment using "env default -a" >>>> followed by manually setting board_name, findfdt and/or fdtfile >>>> variables so that it detects the correct .dtb. I didn't have >>>> consistant success zeroing out the boot device, but in theory that >>>> should work too. >>> >>> I had hoped to be able to spend some more time on the issue >>> today, but things didn't work out as planned and as things are >>> looking curently, I probably won't be able to dedicate time to it >>> tomorrow as well. >>> >>> As the deadline for d-i-relevant changes is Friday, the question >>> is what to do now. AFAICS due to the necessity to change the BBB >>> boot script in flash-kernel when the patch is applied to u-boot, >>> both flash-kernel and u-boot would have to enter Jessie in >>> lockstep. As there is not enough time for regular migration to >>> Jessie, the release team would have to urgent both packages in >>> addition to an unblock to keep the deadline. The involved DDs >>> are in vastly different timezones, which makes all this even more >>> problematic. As stated above, I probably won't be able to take >>> care of flash-kernel in time, so unless Ian would like to handle >>> that, I do not see a a realistic chance to get this solved for >>> Jessie. >>> >>> Ian, what is your take on the issue? >> >> So I've been thinking about this for a while and I'm not too happy about >> possibly rushing these changes at this point. What could be considered >> instead is having these changes staged into unstable, let them migrate >> to testing/stretch when the freeze is lifted, and possibly backport them >> in to the jessie first point release. A workaround can be documented in >> the D-I Jessie RC3 errata. >> >> Would that seem reasonable to all people involved? > > Yes, IIRC from the thread the workaround is pretty simple, certainly in > comparison with the scope of the proposed changes.
As far as I'm involved, I comfirm that the workaround is simple and could easily be documented. If needed, I could help documenting the it. -- François-Régis -- 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/55302fbf.4060...@miradou.com
