On Sun, 2015-10-04 at 14:04 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Thu, 2015-09-03 at 12:20 +0200, Robert Schlabbach wrote: > > Package: linux-image-4.1.0-0.bpo.1-kirkwood > > Version: 4.1.3-1~bpo8+1 > > > > After installing this Linux kernel on my QNAP TS-219P II, qcontrol no > > longer works: > > > > 1. The status LED remains in red/green blink mode (as set by the boot > > loader). It should be set to solid green when the kernel is loaded. > > 2. The buzzer does not buzz. It should buzz when the kernel is loaded > > and when the kernel is shutting down. > > > > Removing and reinstalling the qcontrol package did not help. > > I suspect this is due to the device path for the input node changing > from /dev/input/by-path/platform-gpio_keys-event to /dev/input/by > -path/platform-gpio-keys-event. With the version of qcontrol in Jessie > it won't even start if it can't find the device, even though it can do > many of its core things without it (the node is for button input only).
The change seems to have been in the other direction.
> This is fixed by qcontrol 0.5.4-4 in testing (both looking for old and
> new names, as well as not treating failure to find either as a
> catastrophe), but for Jessie you can just edit the path in
> /etc/qcontrol.conf.
>
> If that works for you then it might be worth uploading an updated
> qcontrol to backports.
I think the name change in the kernel should be reverted (not just in
Debian, but upstream) since it broke existing userland. Presumably
that would be:
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-ts219-6281.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-ts219-6281.dts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
};
};
- gpio_keys {
+ gpio-keys {
compatible = "gpio-keys";
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <0>;
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-ts219-6282.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-ts219-6282.dts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
};
};
- gpio_keys {
+ gpio-keys {
compatible = "gpio-keys";
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <0>;
--- END ---
Ben.
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