Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Cyril Brulebois]

Adam D. Barratt  (2019-03-26):
> As I mentioned on IRC, we can't "push it into stretch" without a point
> release, and the whole point of this exercise was to avoid having to
> schedule another short-notice point release.

FTAOD: That's exactly in line with what I think I tried to convey over
the last few days/weeks, I'm sorry if I failed to get this point
through.

> However, assuming KiBi has no objections, it sounds like we can go
> ahead with getting the -9 ABI kernel into p-u in preparation for the
> 9.9 point release in a few weeks time. Assuming I haven't missed
> anything, the d-i version in p-u should continue to be suitable for
> installing stretch on armhf in the meantime (at least until the p-u
> freeze hits, at which point d-i will get rebuilt against the new
> kernel).

Accepting the bump should be fine at this point, thanks and sorry for
the wait.


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Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Adam D. Barratt]

On Tue, 2019-03-26 at 10:39 -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> On 2019-03-26, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > On 2019-03-15 06:44, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > > The updated images for armhf have been available in p-u for a
> > > couple of
> > > days now.
> > > 
> > > Feedback would be appreciated, as we would like to be able to
> > > accept
> > > the new kernel upload into p-u, which will block a further
> > > rebuild here
> > > as it brings an ABI bump. (The existing images should continue to
> > > work
> > > until the older packages are decrufted in the next point
> > > release.)
> > 
> > Thanks to Peter for the feedback.
> > 
> > Vagrant (or anyone else) - anything to add?
> 
> Just tested fine on BananaPI:
> 
>   https://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch-proposed-update
> s/main/installer-
> armhf/20170615+deb9u5+b3/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
> 
> Installed to SATA. No surprises or anything unusual.
> 
> I'd say it's ready; please push it into stretch.

Thanks for testing.

As I mentioned on IRC, we can't "push it into stretch" without a point
release, and the whole point of this exercise was to avoid having to
schedule another short-notice point release.

However, assuming KiBi has no objections, it sounds like we can go
ahead with getting the -9 ABI kernel into p-u in preparation for the
9.9 point release in a few weeks time. Assuming I haven't missed
anything, the d-i version in p-u should continue to be suitable for
installing stretch on armhf in the meantime (at least until the p-u
freeze hits, at which point d-i will get rebuilt against the new
kernel).

Regards,

Adam

Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On 2019-03-26, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On 2019-03-15 06:44, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
>> The updated images for armhf have been available in p-u for a couple of
>> days now.
>> 
>> Feedback would be appreciated, as we would like to be able to accept
>> the new kernel upload into p-u, which will block a further rebuild here
>> as it brings an ABI bump. (The existing images should continue to work
>> until the older packages are decrufted in the next point release.)
>
> Thanks to Peter for the feedback.
>
> Vagrant (or anyone else) - anything to add?

Just tested fine on BananaPI:

  
https://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch-proposed-updates/main/installer-armhf/20170615+deb9u5+b3/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz

Installed to SATA. No surprises or anything unusual.

I'd say it's ready; please push it into stretch.

live well,
  vagrant


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Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Adam D. Barratt]

On 2019-03-15 06:44, Adam D. Barratt wrote:

The updated images for armhf have been available in p-u for a couple of
days now.

Feedback would be appreciated, as we would like to be able to accept
the new kernel upload into p-u, which will block a further rebuild here
as it brings an ABI bump. (The existing images should continue to work
until the older packages are decrufted in the next point release.)


Thanks to Peter for the feedback.

Vagrant (or anyone else) - anything to add?

KiBi - do you have any opinions on us going ahead with accepting the new 
kernel (including the ABI bump) into p-u?


Regards,

Adam

Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Peter Lebbing]

Hello Adam,

On 15/03/2019 07:44, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Feedback would be appreciated

I used the following two files to construct an installer SD card:

http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch-proposed-updates/main/installer-armhf/20170615+deb9u5+b3/images/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.Wandboard.img.gz
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch-proposed-updates/main/installer-armhf/20170615+deb9u5+b3/images/netboot/SD-card-images/partition.img.gz

I could completely install a base system on a Wandboard Quad without any
surprises. It works fine. (Well, it didn't reboot by itself at the end
of the installation and needed a press of the reset button, but the
chances that this is related to this bug are very small.)

I also did an install on an Odroid-XU4, using the partition.img.gz from
above but a "firmware" taken from the running system because Debian
doesn't seem to provide them for d-i. It worked up until the moment it
could not find a network card. I presume the reason is that d-i doesn't
include the various drivers needed for USB host on a Samsung Exynos5422
SoC, which is again unrelated to this bug. I didn't have a lot of time
on my hands and I have forgotten how to switch to a shell when d-i is
running on a serial port :-D, so I gave up. It worked perfectly up until
that moment.

HTH,

Peter.

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Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Adam D. Barratt]

On Sun, 2019-03-10 at 09:51 -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> On 2019-03-10, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > Vagrant Cascadian  (2019-03-09):
> > > > > Thanks for your report; that's known and fixed on the kernel
> > > > > side
> > > > > already; how to deal with d-i is discussed in:
> > > > >   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00165.html
> > > > > 
> > > > > Currently waiting on some input from Vagrant:
> > > > >   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00179.html
> > > 
> > > I rebuilt the package from the stretch git branch on armhf
> > > against
> > > stretch+stretch-updates, and the build went fine. I tested the
> > > netboot
> > > image and it too seems to be working.
[...]
> > I've asked the release team (cc-ed), and it was confirmed binNMUing
> > debian-installer seems appropriate. This will be done shortly.
> 
> Great!

The updated images for armhf have been available in p-u for a couple of
days now.

Feedback would be appreciated, as we would like to be able to accept
the new kernel upload into p-u, which will block a further rebuild here
as it brings an ABI bump. (The existing images should continue to work
until the older packages are decrufted in the next point release.)

Regards,

Adam

Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On 2019-03-10, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Vagrant Cascadian  (2019-03-09):
>> >> Thanks for your report; that's known and fixed on the kernel side
>> >> already; how to deal with d-i is discussed in:
>> >>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00165.html
>> >>
>> >> Currently waiting on some input from Vagrant:
>> >>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00179.html
>> 
>> I rebuilt the package from the stretch git branch on armhf against
>> stretch+stretch-updates, and the build went fine. I tested the netboot
>> image and it too seems to be working.
>
> Thanks for checking.
>
> Assuming you meant stretch + stretch-proposed-updates, meaning an
> unchanged source package

No changes from the git branch, other than a changelog entry to bump the
version.

I had to double-check since stretch-proposed-updates wasn't in my apt
sources in the chroot...

  INFO: using 'http://deb.debian.org/debian' for stretch-proposed-updates
  Using generated sources.list.udeb:
 deb [trusted=yes] copy:/<>/build/ localudebs/
 deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main/debian-installer
 deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-proposed-updates 
main/debian-installer
  make[8]: 'sources.list.udeb' is up to date.

>From the build log, Looks like it did indeed pull in from
stretch-proposed-updates.


> I've asked the release team (cc-ed), and it was confirmed binNMUing
> debian-installer seems appropriate. This will be done shortly.

Great!


live well,
  vagrant

Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Cyril Brulebois]

Heya,

Vagrant Cascadian  (2019-03-09):
> I can also confirm that simply replacing the broken kernel with the one
> from stretch-updates works for the netboot image.
> 
> 
> >> Thanks for your report; that's known and fixed on the kernel side
> >> already; how to deal with d-i is discussed in:
> >>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00165.html
> >>
> >> Currently waiting on some input from Vagrant:
> >>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00179.html
> 
> I rebuilt the package from the stretch git branch on armhf against
> stretch+stretch-updates, and the build went fine. I tested the netboot
> image and it too seems to be working.

Thanks for checking.

Assuming you meant stretch + stretch-proposed-updates, meaning an
unchanged source package, I've asked the release team (cc-ed), and it
was confirmed binNMUing debian-installer seems appropriate. This will
be done shortly.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On 2019-03-09, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> On 2019-03-09, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>> Peter Lebbing  (2019-03-09):
>>> Debian kernel bug #922478 renders armhf systems unbootable. This bug was
>>> fixed, but the debian-installer images still use (I presume) kernel
>>> version 4.9.144-3, the unbootable version.
...
>>> The installer worked when I overwrote the /vmlinuz in that image with
>>> the one from the new 4.9.144-3.1.
>
> Thanks for that specific piece of information; I was hoping to confirm
> that myself shortly, but that's promising.

I can also confirm that simply replacing the broken kernel with the one
from stretch-updates works for the netboot image.


>> Thanks for your report; that's known and fixed on the kernel side
>> already; how to deal with d-i is discussed in:
>>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00165.html
>>
>> Currently waiting on some input from Vagrant:
>>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00179.html

I rebuilt the package from the stretch git branch on armhf against
stretch+stretch-updates, and the build went fine. I tested the netboot
image and it too seems to be working.

Looks like a way forward to me!


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  vagrant


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Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On 2019-03-09, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Peter Lebbing  (2019-03-09):
>> Debian kernel bug #922478 renders armhf systems unbootable. This bug was
>> fixed, but the debian-installer images still use (I presume) kernel
>> version 4.9.144-3, the unbootable version. I noticed this today while
>> trying to install a new system using:
>> 
>> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.Wandboard.img.gz
>> 
>> The installer worked when I overwrote the /vmlinuz in that image with
>> the one from the new 4.9.144-3.1.

Thanks for that specific piece of information; I was hoping to confirm
that myself shortly, but that's promising.


> Thanks for your report; that's known and fixed on the kernel side
> already; how to deal with d-i is discussed in:
>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00165.html
>
> Currently waiting on some input from Vagrant:
>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00179.html

Sorry to keep folks waiting...


live well,
  vagrant

Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hi Peter,

Peter Lebbing  (2019-03-09):
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: 20170615+deb9u5+b2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear maintainers,
> 
> Debian kernel bug #922478 renders armhf systems unbootable. This bug was
> fixed, but the debian-installer images still use (I presume) kernel
> version 4.9.144-3, the unbootable version. I noticed this today while
> trying to install a new system using:
> 
> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.Wandboard.img.gz
> 
> The installer worked when I overwrote the /vmlinuz in that image with
> the one from the new 4.9.144-3.1.

Thanks for your report; that's known and fixed on the kernel side
already; how to deal with d-i is discussed in:
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00165.html

Currently waiting on some input from Vagrant:
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/03/msg00179.html


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Bug#924129: debian-installer: Kernel for armhf for stretch unbootable

[Peter Lebbing]

Package: debian-installer
Version: 20170615+deb9u5+b2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear maintainers,

Debian kernel bug #922478 renders armhf systems unbootable. This bug was
fixed, but the debian-installer images still use (I presume) kernel
version 4.9.144-3, the unbootable version. I noticed this today while
trying to install a new system using:

http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.Wandboard.img.gz

The installer worked when I overwrote the /vmlinuz in that image with
the one from the new 4.9.144-3.1.

Thanks,

Peter.

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