On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 12:13:13PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.93.4 > Severity: important > > When you install a new kernel version (e.g. 2.6.29 -> 2.6.30, or > 2.6.30-1 to 2.6.31-2) the new version is not written to flash. This > is because initramfs-tools will only call flash-kernel when updating a > ramdisk (-u), but not when creating one (-c). > > I mentioned this problem before, see > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526640#44 > and your response was: > > "postinst takes itself care of lilo and folks traditionaly. > also we had a race in sight why this should be used. > sorry i don't rememeber any details right now, was giving a seminar, > will look later in it again." > > Since users are running into this problem (I just got another report on > debian-arm), it would be good to look at this again.
we had lately a discussion with elilo for ia64 on #d-kernel. conclusion was linux-image postinst has to run it. see commit of elilo bit. for flash-kernel postinst will need a bit more work, but should be done there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org