Re: linux-image-4.1.0-0.bpo.1-kirkwood requires flash-kernel from testing on some devices

[Renato Caldas <rm.santos.caldas@gmail.com>]

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2015-09-03 15:10 GMT+01:00 Renato Caldas <rm.santos.caldas@gmail.com>:
> Hello again,
>
> Just discovered that qcontrol from testing is also required. Otherwise
> qcontrol.service will fail to start, and the watchdog will
> periodically reboot the device.
>
> 2015-09-03 15:01 GMT+01:00 Renato Caldas <rm.santos.caldas@gmail.com>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using debian stable (jessie) on a QNAP TS-212P (kirkwood platform).
>>
>> After updating the kernel from 3.16 (stable) to 4.1 (bpo), I was
>> unable to boot. A similar problem (and solution) was described here:
>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2015/05/msg00073.html
>>
>> Turns out flash-kernel also requires update. After installing
>> flash-kernel from "testing" I was able to properly flash
>> linux-image-4.1.0-0.bpo.1-kirkwood and its initrd.
>>
>> Could you please also include flash-kernel from testing in the bpo repository?
>> Moreover, it would be great if updating the kernel would also update
>> flash-kernel, but I'm not sure how that could be done (especially
>> since 3.16 and 4.1 can be installed side-by-side).
>>
>> Thank you,
>>   Renato