Hi, Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> (20/04/2013): > On Sat, 2013-04-20 at 03:28 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > [x86 XO systems need a framebuffer driver which udev blacklists] > > This will result in a regression when upgrading one of these > > systems from squeeze. (Although I don't think Debian kernel > > images have ever had complete support for them.) > > > > I've opened bug #705784 for this against udev, and Marco has said > > he's willing for me to NMU it. Alternately, in the kernel, I can > > revert the change to a module, or rename the module to evade the > > blacklist, but neither of those is particularly nice. But I think > > any kernel changes now are going to be too disruptive to the > > installer. > > A udev change might still be considered too disruptive in any case; > CCing Cyril to see if he has any strong opinions. if that's just about updating debian/patches/extra_modprobeconf to remove the “blacklist lxfb” line, please go ahead with a udev NMU, and subsequent unblock/unblock-udeb/urgent. I'd rather avoid having to deal with a linux upload if that can be avoided, as Ben correctly guessed. Mraw, KiBi.
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