Bug#782058: Pegasos II: installer boots up to 'returning from prom_init'

From	John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#782058: Pegasos II: installer boots up to 'returning from prom_init'
Date	2015-12-09 00:40 +0100
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On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 05:39:50PM -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote:
 > The module landed in sid D-I. It gets loaded automatically as it is not
> blacklisted in D-I. I've been able to boot and run the installer on an
> XServe G4 DP, a G4 Mac Mini, and a Pegasos II. All three machines have
> radeon cards.

This reddit user got different results which rather support my stance:

> https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/3vyn0p/

Frankly, I think it's more important to have a working graphics driver
on ubiqutous Apple PowerPC hardware than on these extremely obscure
Pegasos-II boards which have very negligible user base given the fact
that those were rather expensive due to their low production numbers.

So my opinion remains unchanged: Drop radeonfb by any means as it's
obsolete and breaks the way more ubiqutous radeon KMS driver.

Cheers,
Adrian

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Bug#782058: Pegasos II: installer boots up to 'returning from prom_init' John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2015-12-09 00:40 +0100
  Bug#782058: Pegasos II: installer boots up to 'returning from prom_init' Milan Kupcevic <milan@physics.harvard.edu> - 2015-12-09 04:20 +0100
    Bug#782058: Pegasos II: installer boots up to 'returning from prom_init' John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2015-12-09 11:00 +0100

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