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Re: DTBs in images, kexec & installer testing



On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:54:06 +0100
Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> wrote:

> One of my current blockers is the lack of modules - it would be nice
> to be able to boot the daily netboot kernel & initrd but have access
> to the kernel modules from the same build. This allows the daily
> build kernel to be tested independently of DI and without needing to
> build a whole rootfs or use qemu to upgrade the kernel inside the
> image. Of course, standard upgrades using apt inside the image can be
> done too but it's quicker and more flexible if the modules could be
> downloaded from within the initrd.
> 
> How easy might it be to have the modules.tgz alongside the vmlinuz at
> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armhf/daily/netboot/ ?
> 
> I was wondering about downloading core-modules-3.14-1-armmp-di and
> simply unpacking it....

... as there's no network support, that'll need to be a custom initrd
with core-modules inside it.... ho hum....

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Neil Williams
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