On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 01:41:30PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote: > [correct the debian-sparc address] > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 01:37:06PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > Hello, > > > > As we discovered recently, the daily sparc netboot image > > exceeds 10MB limit imposed by OpenBoot, so it fails to boot. I've > > poked at it a bit, and it seems that one of the most straightforward > > ways to make room is to drop wpasupplicant and all its dependencies > > (libcrypto, crypto kernel modules) which account for significant > > amount of space on the initrd. AFAIK, sparc does not have any hardware > > which does wifi natively, and while it's in theory possible to use > > some usb-wifi dongle to do the installation, I don't remember any > > reports of anyone doing it. > > > > The straightforward way to achieve this goal is to make netcfg not > > depend on wpasupplicant for sparc (same way as s390 currently does). > > This will drop wpasupplicant (and, subsequently, installation over > > wireless support) not only from netboot, but also from all other > > installation media (like businesscard iso). > > > > Let me know if you have any objections, otherwise I'll commit > > necessary fixes in a couple of days.
Nobody screamed loudly, so I've committed the necessary change to netcfg [0] and will release a new version later today - this is your last chance to object. [0] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=d-i/netcfg.git;a=commitdiff;h=630d929f282ac8b45243acf6ad6d4425779828db Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov [email protected] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
