Re: What is the status of Debian on Lemote Fuloong?

[Arnaud Patard (Rtp) <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org>]

Arnaud Patard (Rtp) <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org> writes:

Hi,

> Michael Stevens <mstevens@etla.org> writes:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 02:30:07PM +0000, Code Blue wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 10:55:25AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
>>> > * Code Blue (codeblue@inbox.lv) [120708 10:32]:
>>> > > Can anybody point me to a source that describes exactly how to get this
>>> > > running? I have no idea how to install Debian on the Fuloong since I haven't
>>> > > found a bootable USB installer.
>>> > 
>>> > see http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual and
>>> > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/mipsel/index.html.en for generic
>>> > information.
>>> > 
>>> > I usually use the images from
>>> > http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/mipsel/daily/loongson-2f/netboot/
>>> > and do netboot (please be aware that you either need to go back to the
>>> > menu early to set question level to low, or you end up installing
>>> > testing). If you have questions on that, please don't hesitate to ask
>>> > here.
>>> 
>>> Thank you, this helps a lot. It boots but it can't find the kernel
>>> module for the network adapter. I am surprised because if this is for
>>> loongson there is only one choice here, and it is not on the list.
>>
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655124
>>
>> I'm guessing it's this debian-installer bug I reported some time ago?
>
> if you need the r8169 during installation, I guess that a patch like in
> the kernel like the following one may help (not tested at all).
>
>
> Index: debian/installer/mipsel/modules/mipsel-loongson-2f/nic-modules
> ===================================================================
> --- debian/installer/mipsel/modules/mipsel-loongson-2f/nic-modules (revision 19204)
> +++ debian/installer/mipsel/modules/mipsel-loongson-2f/nic-modules (working copy)
> @@ -1 +1,2 @@
>  8139too
> +r8169
>
>

I've committed this change into the kernel and the latest sid kernel has
it. From build logs:

[...]
 Package: nic-modules-3.2.0-3-loongson-2f-di
 Source: linux
 Version: 3.2.23-1
 Kernel-Version: 3.2.0-3-loongson-2f
 Architecture: mipsel
[...]
-rw-r--r-- root/root    118816 2012-07-24 14:15 ./lib/modules/3.2.0-3-loongson-2f/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.ko
-rw-r--r-- root/root     61056 2012-07-24 14:15  ./lib/modules/3.2.0-3-loongson-2f/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.ko


Can you test again to see if more changes are needed ?

Thanks,
Arnaud