Package: u-boot
Version: 2012.04.01-2
Severity: normal
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From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: u-boot: README.Debian encourages the use of flash_eraseall but
mtd-utils has
deprecated it
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:12:29 -0400
Package: u-boot
Version: 2012.04.01-2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
/usr/share/doc/u-boot/README.Debian.gz says:
GuruPlug:
sudo flash_eraseall /dev/mtd0
sudo nandwrite -p /dev/mtd0 /usr/lib/u-boot/guruplug/u-boot.kwb
but, when i follow the first instructions, i see:
root@moo:~# flash_eraseall /dev/mtd0
flash_eraseall has been replaced by `flash_erase <mtddev> 0 0`; please use it
Erasing 128 Kibyte @ e0000 -- 100 % complete
root@moo:~#
--dkg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-kirkwood
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
-- no debconf information
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-kirkwood
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
-- no debconf information
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