On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 02:32:07PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Package: yaboot > Version: 1.3.13-3 > Severity: important > Tags: fixed-upstream > > ofpath no longer works on /dev/sd* devices when running Linux 2.6.12, > apparently because there aren't any symlinks at the top level of > /proc/device-tree any more [1]. It's fixed in Ethan's arch repository; I > don't know if there's an upstream release coming soon, but if not, could > you pull that patch? It should be pretty harmless since it's just > removing an old warning.
the patch should be easy to backport yes. I reccommend you do so as I am not sure when we will do a release. There are a couple people involved with helping maintain yaboot 1.x now including me, We have not yet discussed a timeline for doing a couple -pre releases leading to a final. > 2005-07-04 03:42:18 GMT Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> patch-82 > > Summary: > Remove check for BootX broken device-trees > Revision: > yaboot--devel--1.3--patch-82 > > * ybin/ofpath: Remove check for broken-by-BootX device-tree, it no > longer works under current 2.6 kernels and nobody attempts to use > BootX anymore. > > modified files: > 0arch-timestamps0 ChangeLog ybin/ofpath > > [1] > http://lists.penguinppc.org/yaboot-devel/2005/yaboot-devel-200506/msg00055.html thats the patch. > Thanks, > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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