On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 19:08 +0100, Karsten Merker wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 06:17:32PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Sat, 2015-11-14 at 13:28 +0100, Karsten Merker wrote: > > [...] > > > it looks as if we have two separate issues here. One of them is a > > > bug in ethdetect, which should be fixed with the attached patch. > > > With this patch applied, the hang does not occur anymore, but d-i > > > doesn't detect any network interface either. This in turn seems > > > to stem from missing modules, which is the result of a series of > > > upstream kernel changes to the stmmac driver that have split out > > > functionality from an existing module into different sub-modules: > > [...] > > > As a result, the installer nic-modules list in the Debian kernel > > > package needs to be adjusted accordingly. I'll prepare a patch > > > for the kernel package, but I probably won't be able to actually > > > test it before tomorrow as building it takes quite some time on > > > my (comparatively slow) hardware. > > > > Based on the platform modules that are currently being selected, I'm > > intending to apply this: > > > > diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog > > index 0053bf9..5eca6d3 100644 > > --- a/debian/changelog > > +++ b/debian/changelog > > @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ linux (4.3-1~exp2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium > > * [armhf] Enable new drivers for Allwinner chips (Closes: #804856) > > - crypto: Enable CRYPTO_DEV_SUN4I_SS as module > > - musb: Enable USB_MUSB_SUNXI as module > > + * [armhf] udeb: Add stmmac platform modules dwmac-generic, dwmac-socfpga > > + and dwmac-sunxi to nic-modules (Closes: #805098) > > > > [ Ian Campbell ] > > * [armel/orion5x] Enable Device Tree for orion5x. Patch from Roger > > Shimizu > > diff --git a/debian/config/armhf/config.armmp > > b/debian/config/armhf/config.armmp > > index 4d65053..d6ce545 100644 > > --- a/debian/config/armhf/config.armmp > > +++ b/debian/config/armhf/config.armmp > > @@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ CONFIG_SMSC911X=m > > ## file: drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig > > ## > > CONFIG_STMMAC_ETH=m > > +CONFIG_DWMAC_GENERIC=m > > +CONFIG_DWMAC_SOCFPGA=m > > +CONFIG_DWMAC_SUNXI=m > > > > ## > > ## file: drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig > > diff --git a/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/nic-modules > > b/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/nic-modules > > index 13086f0..e3d0df7 100644 > > --- a/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/nic-modules > > +++ b/debian/installer/armhf/modules/armhf-armmp/nic-modules > > @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ mvmdio > > smsc911x > > stmmac > > stmmac-platform > > +dwmac-generic > > +dwmac-socfpga > > +dwmac-sunxi > > sun4i-emac > > xgmac > > ti_cpsw > > Hello Ben, > > I've just looked at the debian kernel repository and have seen > that the patch is in the master (kernel 4.3) branch, but not in > the sid (kernel 4.2) branch. The problem exists already in > kernel 4.2 - could you apply the patch to the sid branch as well?
Maybe. I had expected there to be a 4.3.1 release by now, which could be uploaded to unstable. As that still hasn't appeared (and it isn't even under review), perhaps I'll make another 4.2-based upload. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.
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