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



Hi all,

On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:44:47 +0100 Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 00:31 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> > 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). 

This bug is marked as affecting the release-notes. I don't think this is
relevant for stretch or buster anymore? If not, I'll like to remove the
"affects", to not clutter the release-notes bug list.

Paul
PS: please CC me, I am not subscribed to this bug.

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