Bug#1106757: ppc64el Trixie: Need default 64KB page kernel or installer option

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

Hey folks,

On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 08:12:08AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> (2025-05-29):
>> (Removing kernel team)
>> 
>> On 29/05/2025 at 15:54, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>> > Trupti <trupti@linux.ibm.com> (2025-05-29):
>> > > 
>> > > Add a clear installer option to select a 64KB page kernel.
>> > 
>> > I believe this should be offered in expert mode, have you tried that?
>> 
>> AFAICS linux-image-powerpc64le-64k is not included in the DVD-1 image, so it
>> requires a network mirror. Same with linux-image-arm64-16k.
>
>I suppose something like this might do the trick?
>
>    kibi@tokyo:~/debian-cd/debian-cd.git (kibi/easy)$ git diff
>    diff --git a/tools/generate_di+k_list b/tools/generate_di+k_list
>    index 2bee6440..9801b932 100755
>    --- a/tools/generate_di+k_list
>    +++ b/tools/generate_di+k_list
>    @@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ grub-ieee1275
>     powerpc-utils
>     powerpc-ibm-utils
>     linux-image-powerpc64le
>    +linux-image-powerpc64le-64k
>     #endif
>     
>     #ifdef ARCH_alpha
>
>This might push other packages out of the netinst though.
>
>Cc-ing debian-cd@, who is responsible for installation images.

Sorry for the delayed response - catching up on sleep after debconf.

Yeah, that patch is the obvious thing here. On the ppc64el netinst I
think we have plenty of space.

I'll tah that now and trigger a test build.

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