Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds
Dear all,
As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no
longer work on Alpha machines which also renders any installer images
using the generic 4.x kernels non-working.
[1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2017/03/msg00007.html
Confirmed on:
* AlphaStation 200 (w/EV4 x 1)
* AlphaStation 255 (w/EV45 x 1)
* Personal Workstation 500au (w/EV56 x 1)
* AlphaServer DS20E (w/EV67 x 2)
Also expected on:
* AXPpci33 (w/LCA4 x 1)
* AlphaStation 500 (w/EV56 x 1)
* AlphaServer DS25 (w/EV68CB x 2)
* AlphaServer ES45 (w/EV68CB x 4)
The following two patches should switch the used kernels to the SMP
version. As:
(1) I don't exactly know how to build images using multiple kernels
(i.e. what happens if $TEMP_KERNEL has multiple kernel names in it,
which seems to be supported according to [2], will the image creation in
e.g. [3] than run multiple times automatically?) and I don't want to
break things,
[2]:
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/blob/master/build/config/dir#L79
[3]:
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/blob/master/build/config/alpha/netboot.cfg
(2) I can't find a similar example for another architecture and
(3) the images with the generic kernels are non-working anyhow,
...I just omitted the generic ones for now.
This is sort of a workaround and does not fix the actual problem which
is yet unknown, but I believe getting working installer images is more
important at the moment. With working installer images more people could
get involved and maybe sometime in the future someone has enough time
and effort to invest in fixing the actual problem.
## Patches ##
1.
https://salsa.debian.org/frank-scheiner-guest/linux/commit/865cacfd7722b346629082ab3094b6ad93964095
2.
https://salsa.debian.org/frank-scheiner-guest/debian-installer/commit/7269679bec8bae997ef5ed7619e9f8df2e184134
I think both patches are already enough to produce the needed alpha-smp
udebs and will allow to produce working installer images (e.g. netboot
images might work instantly and could be an alternative way for Bob to
reinstall his PWS).
What do you think? Is there anything obvious missing?
Cheers,
Frank
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