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Re: Proposed changes to installer for armhf



Hello,

2014-04-28 12:26 GMT+02:00 Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>:
> On Fri, 2014-04-25 at 19:06 +0200, Karsten Merker wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 08:42:23AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:

>> > Aside: "EfikaMX" is listed in 2.1.2.4 as no longer supported, but we do
>> > supply a specific image for it using the armmp kernel:
>> > http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armhf/daily/netboot/efikamx/
>> >
>> > If the docs are correct (which I think they are, git grep efika in the
>> > kernel tree shows no DTB support) then it sounds like we should drop
>> > that image? (Hector CCd to confirm)
>>
>> Ack. I had already asked about it on debian-boot last month
>> but received no replies and doing further inqiries somehow
>> got lost on my todo list ;-).
>
> Zumbi told me on IRC that the docs are right and the thing isn't
> supported by mainline, we should remove the efikamx targets from di.
> I'll try and do so soon.

That's right, unafortunatelly, EfikaMX was removed from Linux, the old
platform files.
  < http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2012-August/112088.html
>
and DTB was never mainline.

OTOH, it was agreed at ARM sprint to just support armmp and armmp-lpae
for the armhf port in Jessie cycle.

Regards,
-- 
 Héctor Orón  -.. . -... .. .- -.   -.. . ...- . .-.. --- .--. . .-.


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