On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 21:48 +0000, Jurij Smakov wrote: > Hello, > > Late in the release cycle we found out that a kernel bug prevents > sparc machines with ATI graphics adapters using atyfb driver from > booting due to problems with console handover, causing it to hang > early during the boot (http://bugs.debian.org/602853). I thought > that this can be worked around by disabling framebuffer during boot, > however there was at least one report that this was not effective. > > I would like to solicit kernel team's opinions on feasibility of > including the patch posted to the bug (committed upstream) in 6.0.1. > I've already built a patched kernel and made if available for testing > as a part of unofficial Squeeze installation image, and haven't heard > about any problems so far. Eventually we would need release team's > blessing as well, I guess.
You seem to be our SPARC expert now, and these fixes appear to touch only SPARC-specific code, so I think you should go ahead. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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