Bug#823493: A20-OLinuXIno-LIME2 also affected

[Christian Pernegger <pernegger@gmail.com>]

> I don't know the answer, but check the documentation for flash-kernel.

Thank you, that was it.

# flash-kernel --force 4.4.0-1-armmp-lpae
(replace kernel version as needed) will install a specific kernel
temporarily. Any kernel or initramfs update will revert to the newest
version, but as a stopgap it's fine.

Cheers,
C.

2016-05-11 13:42 GMT+02:00 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>:
> Control: tag -1 important
>
> On Wed, 2016-05-11 at 10:37 +0200, Christian Pernegger wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just wanted to say that this bug broke my LIME2 as well, in a get
>> the ladder out, retrieve box, open it, and attach serial cable kind of
>> way. A lot of the boards affected will be just as headless (for the
>> A20 at least Debian doesn't even have a local console by default, much
>> less a graphics driver), with Ethernet as the only regular method of
>> access.
>>
>> Maybe up the severity a bit?
>
> Done.
>
>> Also I'd love to know the proper way of setting the default kernel to
>> an older one on Debian armhf.
>
> I don't know the answer, but check the documentation for flash-kernel.
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do.