On 2016-01-06, Rick Thomas wrote: > I’ll try your 2016.01~rc3+dfsg1-3 from experimental as soon as I can. Great, thanks. > Just to be sure of what I need to do: > > 1) Install the new versions of Debian packages for u-boot and u-boot-tools on my test SheevaPlug Debian (currently running Sid) > > 2) I do not need to worry about getting any experimental version of mtd-utils, right? > > 3) install the /usr/lib/u-boot/guruplug/u-boot.kwb file as u-boot following the instructions at Martin’s page > http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/uboot-upgrade/ > except that I should use 0x80000 for the length of the “nand write” because modern u-boot binaries are bigger than 0x70000. > > 4) Do not use the procedure described in /usr/share/doc/u-boot/README.Debian to install the new u-boot because the information in /etc/fw_env.config is suspect, and may confuse the issue. > > 5) restart and check whether the environment has been preserved. If not, restore it manually. > > 6) reboot and see if it comes up? If it doesn’t, replace the old u-boot and environment and hope we haven’t clobbered something vital. I don't really know what's needed for the sheevaplug, so I can't really speak to what the correct process is... in general, what you describe sounds reasonable. > 7) Report to you and the debian-arm list on the results… If you have issues, please file them as bug reports, or comment on the appropriate bugs if they are already filed. live well, vagrant
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