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Bug#781193: linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-kirkwood doesn't support Sheevaplug



> Le 26 mars 2015 à 01:18, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> a écrit :
> 
> On Wed, 2015-03-25 at 23:27 +0100, Pierre Gaufillet wrote:
>> Subject: linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-kirkwood doesn't support Sheevaplug
>> Package: linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-kirkwood
>> Version: 3.16.7-ckt4-3~bpo70+1
>> Severity: important
>> 
>> Dear Maintainer,
>> 
>> linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-kirkwood (wheezy-backports) doesn't recognize Sheevaplug mach id (0xa76).
>> After having upgraded to it, the boot is interrupted early, leaving the machine unusable until a correct image is reinstalled, like linux-image-3.2.0-4-kirkwood.
>> I suggest to reconfigure this linux-image for supporting Sheevaplug platform.
> 
> The Sheevaplug is now supported using a Flattened Device Tree (FDT)
> rather than just the machine ID.  You should install flash-kernel from
> wheezy-backports as well, as the newer version knows how to handle this.
> 
> To fix the bug properly, we need to add a versioned 'Breaks:
> flash-kernel' to this package to avoid this situation where only the
> kernel is upgraded.

I confirm that your solution works: thanks Ben!
I suggest to modify a bit the changelog: as this file is huge I limited my search to « sheevaplug » keyword but missed the change to FDT.
It may be good to add on this line the name of the impacted architectures.

Pierre

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