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: fe...@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/
