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



On Sep 17, 2015, at 2:40 AM, Hector Oron <hector.oron@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> 2015-09-15 22:16 GMT+02:00 Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>:
>> On Sep 3, 2015, at 7:01 AM, Renato Caldas <rm.santos.caldas@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> 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.
>> 
>> Interesting…
>> 
>> Last night I installed linux-image-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-kirkwood (note: “bpo.2”, not “bpo.1” but should that make any difference?) on my SheevaPlug.  I did not update flash-kernel or qcontrol.   But it rebooted cleanly following the upgrade and it’s been running for 12 hours with no watchdog problems.
>> 
>> Was this fixed in bpo.2?
> 
> Not really, it is orthogonal issue. Could you please post flash-kernel
> and qcontrol versions installed in your device?
> In anycase, I think we should provide qcontrol and flash-kernel
> backport was well.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Héctor Orón  -.. . -... .. .- -.   -.. . ...- . .-.. --- .--. . .-.
> 

Here you go… Note that control is NOT installed on this sheevaplug (apparently unnecessary)

> rbthomas@sheeva:~$ aptitude -v show flash-kernel qcontrol
> Package: flash-kernel                    
> State: installed
> Automatically installed: no
> Version: 3.35+deb8u1
> Priority: optional
> Section: utils
> Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
> Architecture: armel
> Uncompressed Size: 76.8 k
> Compressed Size: 34.2 k
> Filename: pool/main/f/flash-kernel/flash-kernel_3.35+deb8u1_armel.deb
> MD5sum: 1ac6caffc45f1bd0d4a9ddee51807546
> Archive: stable, now
> Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, devio, initramfs-tools (>= 0.92f), linux-base (>= 3.2), ucf
> Recommends: u-boot-tools
> Description: utility to make certain embedded devices bootable
>  flash-kernel is a script which will put the kernel and initramfs in the boot location of embedded devices that don't load the
>  kernel and initramfs directly from /boot.  flash-kernel supports devices that boot from flash memory (hence the name) as well
>  as some devices that require a special boot image on the disk.
> 
> Package: qcontrol
> State: not installed
> Version: 0.5.4-1+deb8u1
> Priority: optional
> Section: utils
> Maintainer: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>
> Architecture: armel
> Uncompressed Size: 60.4 k
> Compressed Size: 22.8 k
> Filename: pool/main/q/qcontrol/qcontrol_0.5.4-1+deb8u1_armel.deb
> MD5sum: d42c7c88f686f3c0eff3f5fc29791d11
> Archive: stable
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), liblua5.1-0, udev (>= 0.141-2)
> Description: hardware control for QNAP Turbo Station devices
>  Allows one to send commands to the microcontroller of supported devices, for example to change leds or sound a buzzer. 
>  
>  Depending on the device it can also monitor for example for button presses or temperature, with events triggering actions
>  defined in the configuration file. 
>  
>  Supported devices at this time are the QNAP TS-109, TS-110, TS-119, TS-209, TS-210, TS-219, TS-219P, TS-409, TS-409U, TS-410,
>  TS-410U, TS-419P and TS-419U but the code is extensible so more devices may be added in future releases.
> Homepage: https://gitorious.org/qcontrol/pages/Home
> 
> rbthomas@sheeva:~$ 
> 


Enjoy!
Rick

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