Bug#984617: unblock: lowmem/1.49

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hi,

Paul Gevers  (2021-03-06):
> As this relates to d-i, I've explicitly put kibi in CC to give his ACK.

Yes, that's fine; thanks.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Bug#984617: unblock: lowmem/1.49

[Paul Gevers]

Control: tags -1 confirmed d-i

Hi Samuel,

On 05-03-2021 22:45, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> unblock lowmem/1.49

As this relates to d-i, I've explicitly put kibi in CC to give his ACK.

Paul



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Bug#984617: unblock: lowmem/1.49

[Samuel Thibault]

Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: release.debian@packages.debian.org
Usertags: unblock

Hello,

I have uploaded a new version of lowmem, see the attached patch.

[ Reason ]
This updates the memory levels at which the d-i enables low-memory
optimizations.

[ Impact ]
If this isn't getting updated, starting the d-i on an amd64 machine with
an amount of memory between 550MB and 780MB, with default parameters,
will try to install without any low-memory optimization, but that will
fail with OOM errors.

[ Tests ]
I tested the d-i image in each modified case.

[ Risks ]
The code change is trivial: it only changes the numerical level.

[ Checklist ]
  [X] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
  [X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
  [X] attach debdiff against the package in testing

unblock lowmem/1.49

Thanks!
Samuel
diff -Nru lowmem-1.48/debian/changelog lowmem-1.49/debian/changelog
--- lowmem-1.48/debian/changelog2020-12-15 18:15:38.0 +0100
+++ lowmem-1.49/debian/changelog2021-03-03 02:21:13.0 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+lowmem (1.49) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian-installer-startup.d/S15lowmem: Update minimum memory sizes.
+
+ -- Samuel Thibault   Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:21:13 +0100
+
 lowmem (1.48) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload
diff -Nru lowmem-1.48/debian-installer-startup.d/S15lowmem 
lowmem-1.49/debian-installer-startup.d/S15lowmem
--- lowmem-1.48/debian-installer-startup.d/S15lowmem2019-06-02 
14:21:18.0 +0200
+++ lowmem-1.49/debian-installer-startup.d/S15lowmem2021-03-03 
02:15:44.0 +0100
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
min=39
;;
amd64)
-   level1=483 # MT=494300, qemu: -m 550
-   level2=273 # MT=279260, qemu: -m 300
-   min=145# MT=148188, qemu: -m 170
+   level1=737 # MT=754108, qemu: -m 780
+   level2=424 # MT=433340, qemu: -m 460
+   min=316# MT=322748, qemu: -m 350
;;
arm|armel|armhf)
# Update needed
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
min=18
;;
i386)
-   level1=386 # MT=394604, qemu: -m 400
-   level2=237 # MT=242628, qemu: -m 250
-   min=109# MT=110956, qemu: -m 120
+   level1=466 # MT=478056, qemu: -m 485
+   level2=348 # MT=356312, qemu: -m 365
+   min=269# MT=275220, qemu: -m 285
;;
mips)
# Update needed
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
min=30# MT=30040, qemu: -m 90
;;
hurd-i386)
-   level1=499 # qemu: -m 500
-   level2=409 # qemu: -m 410
-   min=389# qemu: -m 390
+   level1=600 # MT=614208, qemu: -m 600
+   level2=480 # MT=491328, qemu: -m 480
+   min=475# MT=486208, qemu: -m 475
;;
*)
level1=64
diff -Nru lowmem-1.48/README lowmem-1.49/README
--- lowmem-1.48/README  2019-10-13 20:07:57.0 +0200
+++ lowmem-1.49/README  2021-03-03 02:06:22.0 +0100
@@ -131,13 +131,16 @@
 devices).
 
 In both cases, you need to set min to absolute minimum amount of memory needed
-for an install, booting with lowmem=2, partitioning by hand, etc.
+for an install, booting with lowmem=2, loading only the nic-modules udeb,
+partitioning by hand, etc.
 
 Ideally, constraints should be tested for both netboot and businesscard images
 (businesscard CD will use slightly more memory before partitioning that netinst
 because of mirror selection).
 
-NB: the minimum value should be update in the manual in build/arch-options
+NB: the minimum value should be updated in the manual in build/arch-options
+
+NB: the minimum value should be updated in 
debian-installer/build/boot/x86/f2.txt
 
 NB: the minimum memory required to run the graphical installer must
 also be tested. See rootskel (debian-installer.d/S60frontend).