Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (2014-10-01):
> Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> (2014-10-01):
> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:17:23AM +0200, Karsten Merker wrote:
> >
> > > I have started working on implementing hd-media support for the
> > > armhf platform in debian-installer.
> > [snip]
> > > I have run some tests with the resulting tarball contents and a
> > > Jesse CD1 iso copied onto a USB stick; booting and detecting the
> > > ISO worked as expected on a Cubietruck (armhf/sunxi) with
> > > mainline u-boot. I have not yet made a full installation due to
> > > the kernel mismatch, but will do as soon kernel 3.16.3 has
> > > made it onto the weekly CD.
> >
> > Attached is V2 of my patch for hd-media support on armhf. I have
> > successfully installed a Cubietruck from a USB stick, set up from
> > the hd-media tarball generated by this patch and with the current
> > weekly armhf CD#1 iso copied to the stick.
> >
> > Changes since V1:
> >
> > - boot script:
> >
> > * Add the "console=" parameter to bootargs only if ${console}
> > is set.
> >
> > * Reword the error message that is printed when the boot script
> > is run on a non-mainline or an old-style mainline u-boot.
> >
> > - Cut down the module list in pkg-lists/hd-media/armhf.cfg to the
> > necessary amount.
> >
> > - Explicitly list all files to go into the hd-media tarball
> > instead of passing "." as file list to tar. This avoids
> > accidentally setting permissions on the current directory
> > when unpacking the tarball.
> >
> > Kibi, is this OK to apply to d-i git?
>
> If you're confident with it and arm@ is happy about it, sure, please
> go ahead.
FWIW: I'm leaning towards an upload in a few hours. If you want it to
happen for Jessie Beta 2, it needs to be pushed very soon.
(See also the logic bit mentioned in the other reply.)
Of course I'll be coming after you with pitchforks if that breaks the
build. :)
Mraw,
KiBi.
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