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Bug#658759: [kirkwood] squeeze-backports kernel fails to boot on SheevaPlug



On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 00:31 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> forcemerge 658759 685713
> quit
> 
> Hi Ian,
> 
> Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-08-23 at 21:50 +0200, Székelyi Szabolcs wrote:
> 
> >> Linux version 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-kirkwood fails to boot on the SheevaPlug.
> >
> > This sounds a lot like
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=658904
> 
> I agree, so merging.  Any ideas for how to word a hint about this for
> the wheezy release-notes?

Hrm, how about:

        The version of u-boot shipped from the factory on many
        kirkwood(???) devices, as well as u-boot shipped in versions of
        Debian prior to Wheezy, contain a bug (#658759) which renders
        them unable to boot kernel versions 3.2(???) or newer. This
        includes the kernel in Wheezy.
        
        Users are advised to upgrade u-boot before upgrading their
        kernel. XXX link to suitable documentation?
        http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/uboot-upgrade.html and similar?

(??? fact needs checking). 
-- 
Ian Campbell
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