On 2018-02-11, Frank Scheiner <frank.schei...@web.de> wrote: >>> Yeah, maybe it's just the yaboot versions (1.3.16 for Jessie, >>> 1.3.17 for Sid), that makes the difference. >> >> It's annoying that something has regressed here though: is there an >> official git repo for yaboot to check out the differences between >> 1.3.16 and 1.3.17? >> >> The fact that it still works on real hardware suggests that >> something has changed here:
I have real hardware (iBook G4) where the Debian 1.3.17 does not work. >> is it possible to generate a test ISO using 1.3.16 yaboot to see if >> that starts working under QEMU again? That would narrow things down >> immensely. > > With QEMU would it be possible to follow the approach of John Ogness > ([1])? He used yaboot v1.3.16 from a USB stick and then loaded the > config file from the Debian Sid netinst disc. How about Debian applies the patch [2] I submitted, which reverted the change that caused the problem? Tony's response [3] to my patch was that "we're probably safe to apply this". John > [1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2017/10/msg00099.html [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2017/10/msg00118.html [3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2017/10/msg00119.html
