Bug#961590: d-i: add 'panfrost' to 'fb-modules' so graphical installer can be used

From	Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiewicz@linaro.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#961590: d-i: add 'panfrost' to 'fb-modules' so graphical installer can be used
Date	2020-05-26 14:10 +0200
Message-ID	<AaGz7-1Uj-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Package: linux
Severity: important
Tags: d-i

Devices with Mali gpu can use 'panfrost' driver to provide working
framebuffer. And then Debian installer can be run on screen instead of
serial console.

But 'panfrost' module is not available when d-i starts ;(

So please include 'panfrost' in 'fb-modules' udeb.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.6.13-300.fc32.x86_64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: unable to detect

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Bug#961590: d-i: add 'panfrost' to 'fb-modules' so graphical installer can be used Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiewicz@linaro.org> - 2020-05-26 14:10 +0200
  Bug#961590: d-i: add 'panfrost' to 'fb-modules' so graphical installer can be used Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com> - 2020-05-26 16:50 +0200
    Bug#961590: d-i: add 'panfrost' to 'fb-modules' so graphical installer can be used Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiewicz@linaro.org> - 2020-05-26 19:20 +0200
      Bug#961590: d-i: add 'panfrost' to 'fb-modules' so graphical installer can be used Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com> - 2020-05-26 19:30 +0200
        Bug#961590: d-i: add 'panfrost' to 'fb-modules' so graphical installer can be used Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiewicz@linaro.org> - 2020-05-26 19:50 +0200
          Bug#961590: Include drm modules in non-gtk arm64 cdrom initrds Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com> - 2020-05-26 20:40 +0200
  Processed: Bug#961590: Include drm modules in non-gtk arm64 cdrom  initrds "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-05-26 20:40 +0200

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