Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2024-09-15 at 08:00 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Sun, 2024-09-15 at 00:10 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > I've done a new cross-build here, so you can test the packages from: > > https://people.debian.org/~benh/packages/linux-sh4/ > > Thanks a lot. > > I installed the new

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-14 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Sun, 2024-09-15 at 00:10 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > I've done a new cross-build here, so you can test the packages from: > https://people.debian.org/~benh/packages/linux-sh4/ Thanks a lot. I installed the new kernel package and it seems it won't work as it's not an U-Boot image as required

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-14 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2024-09-13 at 17:59 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Ben, > > On Wed, 2024-09-11 at 17:14 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > On Wed, 2024-09-11 at 16:55 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > OK, thanks a lot, this is very useful to know. > > > > > > > > But just to clar

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-13 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Ben, On Wed, 2024-09-11 at 17:14 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Wed, 2024-09-11 at 16:55 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > OK, thanks a lot, this is very useful to know. > > > > > > But just to clarify, can I just apply this to the current latest Debian > > > package, run debian/

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-11 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Wed, 2024-09-11 at 16:55 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > OK, thanks a lot, this is very useful to know. > > > > But just to clarify, can I just apply this to the current latest Debian > > package, run debian/rules debian/control-real and build the package > > normally? > > > > Sorry, if that's

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-11 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2024-09-11 at 12:24 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Tue, 2024-09-10 at 21:43 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > Yes, I can give it a try tomorrow. Can I just apply the changes from the > > > branch on top of the current kernel package and then just build the > > > package > > >

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-11 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Tue, 2024-09-10 at 21:43 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Yes, I can give it a try tomorrow. Can I just apply the changes from the > > branch on top of the current kernel package and then just build the package > > with "dpkg-buildpackage -B" or is there anything else I need to know? > > A few t

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-10 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2024-09-10 at 21:28 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Tue, 2024-09-10 at 21:16 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > I'll give it a try next week as I'm currently not at home and unable > > > to access the board for testing. While I can reach the board via SSH, > > > I don't have any

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-10 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Tue, 2024-09-10 at 21:16 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > I'll give it a try next week as I'm currently not at home and unable > > to access the board for testing. While I can reach the board via SSH, > > I don't have any kind of remote management. > > Are you able to test now? Yes, I can give

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-09-10 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2024-07-23 at 14:57 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Ben, > > On Sun, 2024-07-21 at 15:16 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Sat, 2024-07-20 at 21:48 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > [...] > > > > - Does anyone have it working with a recent (6.3 or later) Debian > >

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-07-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Ben, On Sun, 2024-07-21 at 15:16 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2024-07-20 at 21:48 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > [...] > > > - Does anyone have it working with a recent (6.3 or later) Debian > > > kernel package, and if so how? > > > > I am currently running a kernel buil

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-07-21 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2024-07-20 at 21:48 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: [...] > > - Does anyone have it working with a recent (6.3 or later) Debian > > kernel package, and if so how? > > I am currently running a kernel built from git upstream, but I would love > to be able to boot a Debian kernel ag

Re: Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-07-20 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Ben, On Sat, 2024-07-20 at 00:11 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > In revieweing Debian's kernel configuration for sh4, I realised that > the sh7785lcr board file not only has a small kernel partition but has > no initramfs partition. OK. > Some time ago the compressed kernel image for sh7785lcr

Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

2024-07-19 Thread Ben Hutchings
Hello Super-H porters, In revieweing Debian's kernel configuration for sh4, I realised that the sh7785lcr board file not only has a small kernel partition but has no initramfs partition. Some time ago the compressed kernel image for sh7785lcr became larger than its kernel partition.  This was cau