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Bug#826511: Aarch64 QEMU Bug



On Sun, 2016-06-05 at 16:22 -0400, Mike wrote:
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: 20160516+b1
> 
> Installing Debian using QEMU aarch64 (and looks like arm as well) requires
> extra steps due to lack of initrd and kernel support for virtio devices.
> While there is a workaround documented below, this seems like something
> that should be added to the distro build to incorporate support directly.
> 
> https://gmplib.org/~tege/qemu.html
> 
> See block 14.
> 

We certainly build the virtio drivers and a virtio-modules package for
arm64 and armhf.  So I think this is only a bug in the installer build
configuration.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption]
would be
development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates

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