Ben Hutchings wrote[1]: > My understanding is that in general we cannot assume that uboot is > upgradable at all, because: > > 1. Linux may not have access to the flash partition containing it. > 2. The factory-installed uboot may have board-specific setup code which > is not included in mainline uboot. > 3. A power failure during an upgrade may be unrecoverable without > specialist hardware. > > Do we know that none of these apply to the Kirkwood platform? If not, > the kernel must retain compatibility with older versions of uboot.
Cc-ing submitters, Ian, Michael, and Prafulla in case they have hints. Thanks to all for your work on this so far. [1] has context. Thanks, Jonathan [1] http://bugs.debian.org/658759 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120311212953.GD4938@burratino
