Ok found it...
> (nothing attached)
oops! .. not that much to display though (I also tried to remove the
"quiet" boot option, but it didn't change anything, it does not display
anything before getting in debian's init)
> > same happens with
> > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/ppc64el/iso-cd/debian-testing-ppc64el-netinst.iso
> > I tried rebuilding d-i with kernel 6.1.0-4 and it seems to work (6.1.0-6
> > fails too).
> > Now why am I opening this bug against d-i ? If I run the d-i with
> > 6.1.0-4, I complete the installation and then runtime kernel of the
> > machine that gets installed is 6.1.0-6 and when the machine is
> > rebooted, kernel 6.1.0-6 boots fine ...
> > So I'm not sure on which side is the issue :)
> > Any clue what could be happening ?
>
> It would be helpful to confirm which exact kernel version is getting
> used in both cases (last 6.1.0-4 working, and first 6.1.0-5 not
> working), then look at the changes between both versions, in src:linux
> (and resulting udebs).
From linux changelog (
https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/l/linux/changelog-6.1.15-1 )
and http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/,
I see :
6.1.11-1 -> Bump ABI to 4 http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20230211T151657Z/
6.1.12-1 -> Bump ABI to 5 http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20230217T033139Z/
and tested from those (rebuilding the same d-i source with the 2 kernels
from snapshot.d.o . 6.1.12-1 clearly doesn't work.
I had already have a look at the kernel changelog but missed that one :
---
linux (6.1.12-1) unstable; urgency=medium
...
- of: Make OF framebuffer device names unique
...
---
I recompiled the kernel deb source without that one (
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/241d2fb56a18473af5f2ff0d512992a996eb64dd.patch
) and the mini.iso actually made it to the menu... and given the
behaviour, a framebuffer actually makes sense.
Now, that patch does not harm when the kernel is installed on disk.
But it does in the installer...
F.
>
> ISTR trying to boot ppc64el under QEMU requires many manual steps, but
> I'll try and figure that out, once I'm done with other topics.
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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