On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 21:54 +0100, Niall Walsh wrote: > Package: linux-image-3.10-rc4-armmp > Version: 3.10~rc4-1~exp1 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > X-Debbugs-CC: arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org,zumbi@debian.org > > As noted at [1] the armmp kernel on sunxi only allows you to "boot an initrd > and use the serial port" due to missing drivers upstream. > > Support for the sun4i ethernet (EMAC) as found on boards such as the > cubieboard > recently landed in the net-next tree [2] and applies cleanly to Debian's > 3.10 > experimental kernel package. Yes, so I noticed. > The attached patch includes the current series and additions required to the > debian/config/armhf/config.armmp to enable it. > > I've tested the resulting package successfully on a cubieboard with a debian > initramfs-tools based initrd and an nbdroot device. > > Please consider adding this to Debian's 3.10 as it makes a Debian kernel and > rootfs usable on sun4i. Thanks a lot, I've applied these. > You may also want to add mention of Allwinner A10/A13 to the armmp > hardware-long in debian/config/armhf/defines I think Arnaud deliberately left it out because support is so complete at this stage. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings friends: People who know you well, but like you anyway.
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