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Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

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Hi Ben,

On Sat, 2024-07-20 at 00:11 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> In revieweing Debian's kernel configuration for sh4, I realised that
> the sh7785lcr board file not only has a small kernel partition but has
> no initramfs partition.

OK.

> Some time ago the compressed kernel image for sh7785lcr became larger
> than its kernel partition.  This was caught by a build-time check.  In
> version 6.3.2-1~exp1 I attempted to fix this by modularising some
> drivers, on the assumption that an initramfs would be used (as is
> normal for Debian packaged kernels).  But it seems like this won't work
> - any initramfs would have to be appended to the kernel image, so it
> would still be too large for the kernel partition.
> 
> **If this kernel flavour is no longer usable and no fix is proposed, I
> intend to remove it.**
> 
> Before I do that:
> 
> - Does anyone still care about this board?

Yes, it's my primary development board, I have multiple of these boards.

> - Does anyone have it working with a recent (6.3 or later) Debian
>   kernel package, and if so how?

I am currently running a kernel built from git upstream, but I would love
to be able to boot a Debian kernel again. I have no clue how to reduce
the kernel image size at this point though.

I am currently not using an initrd with my custom kernel.

Adrian

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Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-07-20 00:40 +0200
  Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-07-20 21:50 +0200
    Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-07-21 15:20 +0200
      Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-07-23 15:00 +0200
        Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-09-10 21:20 +0200
          Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-09-10 21:30 +0200
            Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-09-10 21:50 +0200
              Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-09-11 12:30 +0200
                Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-09-11 17:00 +0200
                Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-09-11 17:20 +0200
                Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-09-13 18:00 +0200
                Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-09-15 00:20 +0200
                Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-09-15 08:10 +0200
                Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-09-15 18:30 +0200

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