Bug#865314: debian-installer-9-netboot-mips: 32bit MIPS (big-endian) Malta netboot installer doesn't boot
It's maybe related that the mips64el kernel doesn't boot at all.
On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:11:27 +0100 Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:01:26PM +0200, Bruno Bierbaumer wrote:
> >Yes, it works perfectly well for Debian Jessie.
>
> Ok, thanks for confirming.
>
> mips folks - any clues please? AFAICS we've had ~zero input about mips
> in d-i and image work, and no visible testing. Some help would be
> appreciated...
>
> >On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:47:52 +0100 Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 03:43:36PM +0200, Bruno Bierbaumer wrote:
> >> >It also seems to be broken on MIPSEL
> >> >
> >> >wget
> >> >http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-mipsel/current/images/malta/netboot/initrd.gz
> >> >wget
> >> >http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-mipsel/current/images/malta/netboot/vmlinux-4.9.0-3-4kc-malta
> >> >qemu-system-mipsel -M malta -m 256 -kernel vmlinux-4.9.0-3-4kc-malta
> >> >-initrd initrd.gz -nographic
> >>
> >> Hi Bruno,
> >>
> >> Did the same setup work with jessie images? I've got ~no background
> >> with mips stuff here...
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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