Bug#640418: Does not use an initrd on mipsel/loongson-2f systems

[Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>]

* Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org) [110906 10:10]:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 08:58:16PM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
> > Even when gNewSense has been able to make grub work, not sure if only
> > for laptops, or mini-pcs included, on debian this is broken for
> > mini-pcs, when trying to load the initrd the machine just goes to
> > limbo.  So I'd suggest not to depend upon grub to make decisions about
> > the kernel or initrd...
> 
> The situation on mini-PCs should be fixed upstream now, I believe, and
> at some point I'll get round to dropping a new package into
> experimental.

The current trunk grub works on mini-PCs, at least for me (speaking of
both 2f and 2e).


> Sure, you can do it with PMON or in other ways.  In the case of d-i,
> though, we'll continue installing and configuring GRUB by default.  This
> gives us more flexibility and better harmony across architectures.  My
> experience suggests that the more similarly different architectures are
> handled, the better the chance that the less common ones will keep
> working.

Yes, we really should use grub where it is available. This also allows
us to use serial at the mini-PCs.


Andi