Re: orion5x housekeeping

[Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> wrote:
> * Buffalo Linkstation Pro/Live: no idea
> * Buffalo Linkstation Live V3 (LS-CHL): no idea.  Any comments?
>
> Roger mentioned u-boot restrictions on the size of the kernel that we
> broke.  Does that apply to all Linkstation devices?  Do we have to
> drop support for all of them in stretch?

I recently got LS-GL, which JP model for "Buffalo Linkstation Pro/Live".
Here's the d-i testing result.

jessie d-i (path:
debian/dists/Debian8.3/main/installer-armel/20150422+deb8u3/images/orion5x/network-console/buffalo/lspro/)
  Device boot alright, but something got error in the steps below:
- Configure the clock
  => error, but can go back and choose next step in the menu
- Making the system bootable
  => I guess this is to call flash-kernel to create uImage and initrd
for u-boot. Since this got error, device failed to boot after
installation

sid d-i (path: debian/dists/sid/main/installer-armel/20160106/images/orion5x/network-console/buffalo/lspro/)
  Pretty smooth, and didn't get any error listed above.
  Device boots well after installation.

BTW. I notice there's device-tree support in kirkwood folder.
I'm going to give device-tree support for LS-GL, so I'll try to make
device-tree support for orion5x device-tree.

Cheers,
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Roger Shimizu, GMT +9 Tokyo
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