Bug#658759: [kirkwood] squeeze-backports kernel fails to boot on SheevaPlug

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#658759: [kirkwood] squeeze-backports kernel fails to boot on SheevaPlug
Date	2019-03-04 22:40 +0100
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On Mon, 2019-03-04 at 20:35 +0100, Paul Gevers wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:44:47 +0100 Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 00:31 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> > > Any ideas for how to word a hint about this for
> > > the wheezy release-notes?
> > 
> > Hrm, how about:
> > 
> >         The version of u-boot shipped from the factory on many
> >         kirkwood(???) devices, as well as u-boot shipped in versions of
> >         Debian prior to Wheezy, contain a bug (#658759) which renders
> >         them unable to boot kernel versions 3.2(???) or newer. This
> >         includes the kernel in Wheezy.
> >         
> >         Users are advised to upgrade u-boot before upgrading their
> >         kernel. XXX link to suitable documentation?
> >         http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/uboot-upgrade.html and similar?
> > 
> > (??? fact needs checking). 
> 
> This bug is marked as affecting the release-notes. I don't think this is
> relevant for stretch or buster anymore? If not, I'll like to remove the
> "affects", to not clutter the release-notes bug list.

Again, it should have been mentioned and I don't believe the kernel has
a workaround for this, but it would probably be pointless to mention
now.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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Bug#658759: [kirkwood] squeeze-backports kernel fails to boot on SheevaPlug Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> - 2019-03-04 20:40 +0100
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