Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el

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Subject	Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el
Date	Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:50:01 +0100
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Frédéric Bonnard <frediz@debian.org> (2023-03-17):
> > It would be helpful to confirm which exact kernel version is getting
> > used in both cases (last 6.1.0-4 working, and first 6.1.0-5 not
> > working), then look at the changes between both versions, in src:linux
> > (and resulting udebs).
> 
> From linux changelog (
> https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/l/linux/changelog-6.1.15-1 )
> and http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/,
> I see :
> 6.1.11-1 -> Bump ABI to 4 http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20230211T151657Z/
> 6.1.12-1 -> Bump ABI to 5 http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20230217T033139Z/
> 
> and tested from those (rebuilding the same d-i source with the 2 kernels
> from snapshot.d.o . 6.1.12-1 clearly doesn't work.
> I had already have a look at the kernel changelog but missed that one :
> ---
> linux (6.1.12-1) unstable; urgency=medium
> ...
>     - of: Make OF framebuffer device names unique
> ...
> ---
> 
> I recompiled the kernel deb source without that one (
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/241d2fb56a18473af5f2ff0d512992a996eb64dd.patch
> ) and the mini.iso actually made it to the menu... and given the
> behaviour, a framebuffer actually makes sense.
> 
> Now, that patch does not harm when the kernel is installed on disk.
> But it does in the installer...

Adding the kernel team to the loop: d-i regression on ppc64el.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2023-03-21 17:50 +0100
  Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el Frédéric Bonnard <frediz@debian.org> - 2023-03-22 12:30 +0100
    Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2023-03-22 23:20 +0100
      Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el Frédéric Bonnard <frediz@debian.org> - 2023-03-23 11:30 +0100
        Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2023-04-12 10:50 +0200
          Processed: Re: Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on  ppc64el "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2023-04-12 10:50 +0200
          Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2023-04-12 12:20 +0200
          Bug#1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el Frédéric Bonnard <frediz@debian.org> - 2023-04-12 13:10 +0200

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