Package: u-boot Version: 2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1 Severity: normal I installed u-boot and u-boot-tools from the Debian experimental repo -- versions 2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1
I installed the new u-boot using the procedure in /usr/share/doc/u-boot/README.Debian The newly installed u-boot loaded and executed after a linux "reboot" command. Unfortunatels it destroyed the u-boot environment, so it tried to boot using the default env. This failed to boot Linux. I went to Martin's page, https://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/install/ , and followed the instructions there to restore the environment for booting from the SD card. I also had to restore the "ethaddr" u-boot environment variable. After having restored the u-boot environment, I issued a "reset", and it then happily booted as expected. I'd recommend that /usr/share/doc/u-boot/README.Debian give a warning about needing to restore the u-boot environment, at least for the sheevaplug. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (900, 'stable-updates'), (900, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: armel (armv5tel) Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-marvell Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) -- no debconf information
