Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Monday 18 February 2008, Grant Grundler wrote:
>> Runtime test for the hppa installer might be to scrounge in
>> /sys/bus/parisc/devices for "hw_type" contains "0x00".
>>
>> e.g.:
>> j6k:~# fgrep 0x00 /sys/bus/parisc/devices/*/hw_type
>> /sys/bus/parisc/devices/32/hw_type:0x00
>> /sys/bus/parisc/devices/34/hw_type:0x00
>
> Yes, that seems like it could be a reliable test. At least it works on my
> PARISC box too. I'll implement something in base-installer.
I did it just after answer his mail and was going to ask someone to
test. Could you see the attached patch?
diff --git a/packages/base-installer/debian/changelog
b/packages/base-installer/debian/changelog
index f1ee8d4..8ddfa62 100644
--- a/packages/base-installer/debian/changelog
+++ b/packages/base-installer/debian/changelog
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
base-installer (1.88) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+ [ Joey Hess ]
* Demote Transmeta Crusoe systems to use the 486 kernel.
Based on #464962, Crusoe lacks support for a long NOP instruction,
which gcc has begun using when optimising for the 686.
- -- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:04:46 -0500
+ [ Otavio Salvador ]
+ * Improve hppa SMP kernel test. Thanks to Grant Grundler for his
+ suggestions.
+
+ -- Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:58:00 -0300
base-installer (1.87) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/packages/base-installer/kernel/hppa.sh
b/packages/base-installer/kernel/hppa.sh
index 476b7a6..ac8265c 100644
--- a/packages/base-installer/kernel/hppa.sh
+++ b/packages/base-installer/kernel/hppa.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ arch_check_usable_kernel () {
}
arch_get_kernel () {
- CPUS="$(grep ^processor "$CPUINFO" | tail -n 1 | cut -d: -f2)"
- if [ -z "$CPUS" ] || [ "$CPUS" -ne 0 ]; then
+ if grep -q 0x00 /sys/bus/parisc/devices/*/hw_type; then
echo "linux-image-$KERNEL_MAJOR-$1-smp"
fi
echo "linux-image-$KERNEL_MAJOR-$1"
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