Bug#950578: [External] Bug#950578: linux-image-4.19.67-2-arm64: Add ACPI network interface support for RPi4

> From: Ben Hutchings > Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 5:20 PM > > On Thu, 2020-05-07 at 14:23 +0100, Pete Batard wrote: > [...] > > > If Debian 11 was planning to continue to use a 4.x kernel, I could see > > some point in splitting the patch and ensuring, so that it *might* be > > easier to

Bug#950578: linux-image-4.19.67-2-arm64: Add ACPI network interface support for RPi4

On 2020.05.09 22:20, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Thu, 2020-05-07 at 14:23 +0100, Pete Batard wrote: [...] I specifically designed the patch I submitted for easy review and integration, because there are missing elements from 4.x that are present in 5.x, that we have to compensate for. I would

Bug#950578: linux-image-4.19.67-2-arm64: Add ACPI network interface support for RPi4

On Thu, 2020-05-07 at 14:23 +0100, Pete Batard wrote: [...] > I specifically designed the patch I submitted for easy review and > integration, because there are missing elements from 4.x that are > present in 5.x, that we have to compensate for. I would rather not have > to split it, especially

Bug#950578: linux-image-4.19.67-2-arm64: Add ACPI network interface support for RPi4

On 2020.05.07 13:45, Ben Hutchings wrote: Also, there would be no point in enabling this driver in 4.19, only to have people find on upgrade to the next version on Debian that we didn't enable it there. That's why we're concerned with both versions. Yes, I did consider that, but I feel that

Bug#950578: linux-image-4.19.67-2-arm64: Add ACPI network interface support for RPi4

Pete Batard wrote: > I would really like to get an update on this, because I really can't > understand what the holdup is, or why non related issues seem to be be > shoved into this bug, with the apparent end result of completely > distracting from the matter at hand. [...] > It is *NOT* about

Bug#950578: linux-image-4.19.67-2-arm64: Add ACPI network interface support for RPi4

I would really like to get an update on this, because I really can't understand what the holdup is, or why non related issues seem to be be shoved into this bug, with the apparent end result of completely distracting from the matter at hand. This bug is about one thing and one thing only:

Bug#950578: linux-image-4.19.67-2-arm64: Add ACPI network interface support for RPi4 (patch attached)

Package: src:linux Version: 4.19.67-2 Severity: important Tags: patch Dear Maintainers, While it is currently possible to boot and install Debian 10.x on the Raspberry Pi 4 using the official vanilla ARM64 ISO images (through the use of the latest EDK2 RPi4 firmware such as the one provided