On Mon, 2019-03-04 at 20:35 +0100, Paul Gevers wrote:
> 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.
Again, it should have been mentioned and I don't believe the kernel has
a workaround for this, but it would probably be pointless to mention
now.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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