Bug#1094195: d-i stuck on MT7986

From	Ferenc Fejes <fejes@inf.elte.hu>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1094195: d-i stuck on MT7986
Date	2025-01-27 08:10 +0100
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Pull request sent to upstream.

Link: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/1337


On Sat, 2025-01-25 at 22:15 +0100, Ferenc Fejes wrote:
> Source: linux-signed-arm64
> Version: 6.12.10-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: d-i patch
> X-Debbugs-Cc: fejes@inf.elte.hu
> 
> Debian-installer stuck before the initramfs part on Filogic Mediatek
> MT7986 (BananaPi R3-mini). As investigated [1] on their forum with Frank
> Wunderlich the root cause of this behavior is the missing clock driver.
> Actually, it is not missing but built as a modul, so it is impossible to
> load it without initramfs - but the kernel boot cannot reach that part
> since it fails before due to the missing clock driver.
> 
> I have no idea if it makes sense to build it as a module in upstream in
> the first place, but in Debian I suggest to stick with a built-in option
> in the arm64 defconfig.
> 
> [1] https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-r3-mini-solved-debian-installer-upstream-stuck/21966/

Thread

Bug#1094195: d-i stuck on MT7986 Ferenc Fejes <fejes@inf.elte.hu> - 2025-01-25 22:20 +0100
  Bug#1094195: d-i stuck on MT7986 Ferenc Fejes <fejes@inf.elte.hu> - 2025-01-27 08:10 +0100
  Bug#1094195: marked as done (d-i stuck on MT7986) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-05-24 12:40 +0200
  Bug#1094195: marked as done (d-i stuck on MT7986) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-09-13 23:00 +0200
  Bug#1094195: Closing this bug (BTS maintenance for src:linux bugs) carnil@debian.org - 2025-09-13 23:00 +0200

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