Bug#670530: debian-installer-6.0-netboot-armel: missing support for LaCie NASes (Kirkwood)

April 26th, 2012 - 09:00 am ET by Simon Guinot | Report spam
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Package: debian-installer-6.0-netboot-armel
Version: 20110106.squeeze4
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i patch

Dear Maintainer,

Actually no Debian installer images are provided for LaCie NASes
based on Kirkwood SoC.

Please, consider applying the attached patch.

Note that this patch rely on the one provided with the bug report
#670527.

Regards,

Simon

Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-00010-g0a7ba17 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

debian-installer-6.0-netboot-armel depends on no packages.

debian-installer-6.0-netboot-armel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages debian-installer-6.0-netboot-armel suggests:
pn tftpd-hpa <none>


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diff --git a/build/config/armel/kirkwood/netboot.cfg b/build/config/armel/kirkwood/netboot.cfg
index 1fc5eeb..903d9cf 100644
a/build/config/armel/kirkwood/netboot.cfg
+++ b/build/config/armel/kirkwood/netboot.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
MEDIA_TYPE = netboot image

-TARGET = $(TEMP_INITRD) $(TEMP_KERNEL) openrd sheevaplug
+TARGET = $(TEMP_INITRD) $(TEMP_KERNEL) openrd sheevaplug lacie
EXTRANAME = $(MEDIUM)

# OpenRD
@@ -22,3 +22,10 @@ sheevaplug:
update-manifest $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/marvell/guruplug/uImage "Linux kernel for GuruPlug"
update-manifest $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/marvell/guruplug/uInitrd "initrd for GuruPlug"

+# LaCie NAS series: Network Space v2 (and parents), d2 Network v2 and *Big Network v2
+lacie:
+ mkdir -p $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/lacie
+ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n "Debian kernel" -d $(TEMP_KERNEL) $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/lacie/uImage
+ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x0 -e 0x0 -n "debian-installer ramdisk" -d $(TEMP_INITRD) $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/lacie/uInitrd
+ update-manifest $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/lacie/uImage "Linux kernel for LaCie NAS"
+ update-manifest $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/lacie/uInitrd "initrd for LaCie NAS"
diff --git a/build/config/armel/kirkwood/network-console.cfg b/build/config/armel/kirkwood/network-console.cfg
index 28b8e30..253916a 100644
a/build/config/armel/kirkwood/network-console.cfg
+++ b/build/config/armel/kirkwood/network-console.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
MEDIA_TYPE = netboot image (SSH)

-TARGET = $(TEMP_INITRD) $(TEMP_KERNEL) ts219 ts41x
+TARGET = $(TEMP_INITRD) $(TEMP_KERNEL) ts219 ts41x lacie
EXTRANAME = $(MEDIUM)
TYPE = netboot/network-console

@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ ts41x:
update-manifest $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/qnap/ts-41x/kernel "Linux kernel for QNAP TS-41x"
update-manifest $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/qnap/ts-41x/initrd.gz "initrd for QNAP TS-41x"

+# LaCie NAS series: Network Space v2 (and parents), d2 Network v2 and *Big Network v2
+lacie:
+ mkdir -p $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/lacie
+ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n "Debian kernel" -d $(TEMP_KERNEL) $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/lacie/uImage
+ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x0 -e 0x0 -n "debian-installer ramdisk" -d $(TEMP_INITRD) $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/lacie/uInitrd
+ update-manifest $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/Lacie/uImage "Linux kernel for LaCie NAS"
+ update-manifest $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/lacie/uInitrd "initrd for LaCie NAS"




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#1 Martin Michlmayr
April 26th, 2012 - 09:30 am ET | Report spam
* Simon Guinot [2012-04-26 12:41]:
Actually no Debian installer images are provided for LaCie NASes
based on Kirkwood SoC.



Can you explain why you're creating both netboot and network-console
images? How would a normal user install Debian on LaCie devices?

Also, do LaCie devices have some kind of recovery mode or do users
need a serial console if Debian stops working?
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/



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