Package: afbinit
Severity: serious
Tags: patch
Hello,
Afbinit installation fails when installing for the first time. The main
problem is that firmware miss is fatal, but I guess we should be able to
install the package first, then read README.Debian to figure out how to
get the firmware.
Here is a small patch against current sid package that do not fail if
the firmware is not present, check if it's the right one (md5) and a
minor README.Debian with more informations about how to grab the microcode.
Thanks in advance,
Best regards, Adam.
--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-amd64
Debian Release: lenny/sid
900 testing debmirror
500 ubuntu-doko people.ubuntu.com
500 testing www.debian-multimedia.org
400 unstable debmirror
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
=======================-+-===========
|
diff -Nur afbinit-1.0/debian/afbinit.init afbinit-1.0.new/debian/afbinit.init
--- afbinit-1.0/debian/afbinit.init 2008-02-16 16:52:01.000000000 +0100
+++ afbinit-1.0.new/debian/afbinit.init 2008-02-16 16:49:05.043692598 +0100
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@
fi
if [ ! -f /usr/lib/afb.ucode ];then
log_failure_msg "Cannot find AFB microcode (/usr/lib/afb.ucode)"
- exit 1
+ log_failure_msg "Please read /usr/share/doc/afbinit/README.Debian to see how to obtain it"
+ exit 0
+elif [ `md5sum /usr/lib/afb.ucode | cut -f1 -d' '` != '7cb8dda314278b3cae28da150a53973b' ]; then
+ log_failure_msg "AFB microcode (/usr/lib/afb.ucode) seems to be corrupted"
+ log_failure_msg "Its md5 should be 7cb8dda314278b3cae28da150a53973b"
+ exit 0
fi
case "$1" in
diff -Nur afbinit-1.0/debian/changelog afbinit-1.0.new/debian/changelog
--- afbinit-1.0/debian/changelog 2008-02-16 16:52:01.000000000 +0100
+++ afbinit-1.0.new/debian/changelog 2008-02-16 16:51:41.172589881 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+afbinit (1.0-4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Improve README.Debian with the right way to get microcode.
+ * Check md5sum of the microcode before trying to load it.
+ * Do not fail if microcode is corrupted or unavailable.
+ * Thanks to Adam Cécile for his suggestions.
+
+ -- Emanuele Rocca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:49:12 +0100
+
afbinit (1.0-3) unstable; urgency=low
* Add missing includes (Closes: #451635)
diff -Nur afbinit-1.0/debian/README.Debian afbinit-1.0.new/debian/README.Debian
--- afbinit-1.0/debian/README.Debian 2008-02-16 16:52:01.000000000 +0100
+++ afbinit-1.0.new/debian/README.Debian 2008-02-16 16:13:40.010593866 +0100
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
------------------
This package requires the AFB microcode, which can be obtained from
-several places. One way is via a Solaris package. You may also find it on
-Sun's website (I found it by doing a search on Google).
+several places. The easiest way to have it is to grab a Solaris patch from
+Sun's website:
+
+Go to http://sunsolve.sun.com/ and search for patch number #108604.
+Download it. Once it's done, unzip the file.
NOTE: The microcode is proprietary and NOT FREE. As in not free speech.
