Uploading linux (6.8.9-1)

2024-05-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
* [arm64] Dynamically allocate cpumasks and increase supported CPUs to 512 * [arm64,armhf] Enable SND_SOC_WM8804_I2C for the hifiberry-digi raspberry hat. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it, get a larger hammer. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: What to do with d-i on armel?

2024-01-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
bcm2835, versatilepb, at91, kirkwood and > all the others that one might use. If someone wants to make this work in Debian that would be great, but without a specific maintainer it's not going to happen. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Bug#1040901: Upcoming changes to Debian Linux kernel packages

2023-09-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
ctly sure. It should be verified that this detection will work the way you expect, so that the error message doesn't change and create a support burden for the installer team. Currently kernel-wedge generates the udeb package names and would need to add an option to leave out the version pa

Re: Releasing linux/6.1.52-1 bookworm-security update without armel build, Image size problems

2023-09-10 Thread Ben Hutchings
ong time. In contrast, the Raspberry Pi models with v6 CPUs are still in production. (I do have my doubts as to whether it will be possible to continue supporting a useful user-space for armel, but I certainly can't speak authoritatively about that.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings - Debian developer, member of kernel, installer and LTS teams signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Bug#1042978: Tests invalid package upgrades

2023-08-04 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2023-08-03 at 22:01 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Control: reassign -1 release.debian.org > > Hi Ben, > > On 03-08-2023 18:01, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > ci.debian.net must therefore also test updating the binaries from all > > these source packages together, not

Re: Uploading linux (6.4.4-1)

2023-07-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
w loudly if you disagree on the plan to upload > 6.4.4-1 for unstable. No objection here. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings - Debian developer, member of kernel, installer and LTS teams

Re: Debian Kernel version and ABI in respect of #1040901

2023-07-14 Thread Ben Hutchings
Keep ABI 6.1.0-0-arm64 [...] Why would that still be acceptable in experimental? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Hoare's Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#1035769: unblock: kernel-handbook/1.0.21

2023-05-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
Recommend changing ABI name before rebuilding +- Add command to enable parallel builds when invoking make directly +- Avoid using fakeroot + * Remove obsolete text referring to "patchlevels" in source packages + * Remove redundant "bash" from debian/bin/test-patches co

Re: linux migration to testing

2022-08-18 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2022-08-15 at 22:15 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi Ben, > > On 01-08-2022 23:09, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Mon, 2022-08-01 at 22:53 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > > > On 01-08-2022 22:46, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > Could you please allow this versi

Re: linux migration to testing

2022-08-01 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2022-08-01 at 22:53 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi Ben, > > On 01-08-2022 22:46, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > linux 5.18.14-1 is currently blocked from migration due to a test > > regression on some architectures. > > > > This is actually not a re

linux migration to testing

2022-08-01 Thread Ben Hutchings
not go through another build/sign/build/wait cycle. Could you please allow this version to enter testing despite the test failures? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

FUSE 3 transition

2022-07-28 Thread Ben Hutchings
at the same time.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If the facts do not conform to your theory, they must be disposed of. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Arch qualification for bookworm: call for DSA, Security, toolchain concerns

2022-07-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2022-07-16 at 18:03 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 03:54:21PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Sat, 2022-07-16 at 06:23 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 01:51:21PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > ... > >

Re: Arch qualification for bookworm: call for DSA, Security, toolchain concerns

2022-07-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2022-07-16 at 11:20 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: [...] > i386 is anchient in tech terms it was introduced in 1985. If debian wants > to keep supporting 32 bit OS then it should bump up to i686. [...] We did that years ago. We just didn't rename the architecture. Ben. -

Re: Arch qualification for bookworm: call for DSA, Security, toolchain concerns

2022-07-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2022-07-16 at 06:23 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 01:51:21PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > For i386, I have some concerns about upstream support of the Linux > > kernel. CPU security mitigations for x86 are concentrated on amd64, >

Re: Arch qualification for bookworm: call for DSA, Security, toolchain concerns

2022-07-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
ome time soon we should stop releasing kernel binaries or an installer for i386. (If we don't make that change for bookworm, then we should probably strongly encourage users to use 64-bit kernels on 64-bit capable hardware, and document how to install a foreign kernel package.) Ben. -- Ben

Bug#1014079: bullseye-pu: package wireless-regdb/2022.04.08-2~deb11u1

2022-06-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
t to bullseye: +- Revert "Remove support for loading through crda" +- Add my signature for regulatory.bin +- d/salsa-ci.yml: Set RELEASE to bullseye + * d/tests/check-signatures: Fix typo in openssl command line + + -- Ben Hutchings Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:13:22 +0200 + +wirel

Re: Bug#989863: debian-installer: Firmware problems in bullseye

2021-07-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
..] Yes - nothing requiring a EULA should be accepted into the upstream repository, and if it happens anyway we would put those files in a separate binary package. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#989509: buster-pu: package klibc/2.0.6-1+deb10u1

2021-06-05 Thread Ben Hutchings
-Nru klibc-2.0.6/debian/changelog klibc-2.0.6/debian/changelog --- klibc-2.0.6/debian/changelog2019-02-01 06:00:57.0 +0100 +++ klibc-2.0.6/debian/changelog2021-06-05 20:20:42.0 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,19 @@ +klibc (2.0.6-1+deb10u1) buster; urgency=medium + + [ Ben Hutchings ] +

Bug#988627: unblock: broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271-16.1

2021-05-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2021-05-27 at 10:50 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > Hi, > > On 17-05-2021 02:12, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Please unblock package broadcom-sta > > > > [ Reason ] > > Fix the unusable broadcom-sta-source package. >

Bug#988627: unblock: broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271-16.1

2021-05-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
/control.modules.in: +- Declare debhelper compat level through a build-dependency + (Closes: #988562) + * debian/rules: +- Fix copying of Debian files in install-source rule + + -- Ben Hutchings Mon, 17 May 2021 01:06:42 +0200 + broadcom-sta (6.30.223.271-16) unstable; urgency

Bug#987808: unblock: klibc/2.0.8-6

2021-05-01 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2021-05-01 at 21:46 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi, > > On 30-04-2021 04:24, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Please unblock package klibc > > unblocked. > > Paul > > PS: 0001-klibc-signal-Note-another-reason-to-define-_KLIBC_NE.patch > looked a bit overd

Bug#987808: unblock: klibc/2.0.8-6

2021-04-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
CVE-2021-31871) + + -- Ben Hutchings Fri, 30 Apr 2021 03:05:23 +0200 + +klibc (2.0.8-5) experimental; urgency=medium + + * alpha: Fix definitions of _NSIG and struct sigaction + * ia64: Fix definition of struct sigaction + + -- Ben Hutchings Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:41:47 +0100 + +klibc (2.0.

Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years?

2020-12-14 Thread Ben Hutchings
kernel branches (KAISER) was sufficiently different from that used upstream, that i386 support has not been added to it. As a result, stretch:i386 is still vulnerable when running the default (4.9-based) kernel. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes i

Bug#975269: buster-pu: package linux/TBD - arm64 stolen time support

2020-11-19 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: buster User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu X-Debbugs-Cc: no...@debian.org There are two parts to the proposed changes: 1. Support in arm64 KVM code for reporting stolen time to guests. 2. Support in arm64 paravirtualised

Uploading linux (5.7.10-1)

2020-07-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
definition * libtraceevent: Fix build with binutils 2.35 * [sh4] Add patch to implement __get_user_u64() Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it, get a larger hammer. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Arch qualification for buster: call for DSA, Security, toolchain concerns

2020-07-10 Thread Ben Hutchings
for getting security updates out promptly. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Uploading linux (5.6.7-1)

2020-04-28 Thread Ben Hutchings
modules * udeb: Add crc32_generic to crc-modules * lockdown: set default (with Secure Boot) to LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY_MAX (Closes: #956197) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Horngren's Observation: Among economists, the real world is often a special case. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#949259: buster-pu: package linux/4.19.67-2+deb10u1

2020-04-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
in the release > notes instead, just like we do for an ISA level raise. > > Aurelien > -- Ben Hutchings Design a system any fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#950332: buster-pu: package wireless-regdb/2019.06.03-1~deb10u1

2020-04-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2020-04-26 at 16:48 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 02:26:18PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > I failed to update wireless-regdb for some time, as it needed some > > significant work to prepare for the regulatory database being directly > >

Uploading linux (5.5.17-1)

2020-04-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
(DRI1) * WireGuard: Update for renaming of skb_reset_tc() to skb_reset_redirect() * Remove libbpf. (See: #948041) * Provide wireguard-modules as stop-gap for packages. * linux-cpupower: Add libcap to Build-Depends and turbostat linker flags There will be an ABI bump. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings

Uploading linux (5.5.13-1)

2020-03-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
I intend to upload linux version 5.5.13-1 to unstable this weekend. This is a new upstream version, which implies an ABI bump. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Horngren's Observation: Among economists, the real world is often a special case. signature.asc Description

Bug#949259: buster-pu: package linux/4.19.67-2+deb10u1

2020-02-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
of libc6. So I don't see any reason not to update the kernel configuration already, as it will remain compatible with the O32 FPXX binaries in buster. Only the user-space changes in unstable (libc6 and toolchain) need to be carefully coordinated. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Any sufficiently advanced

Bug#950332: buster-pu: package wireless-regdb/2019.06.03-1~deb10u1

2020-01-31 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: buster User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu I failed to update wireless-regdb for some time, as it needed some significant work to prepare for the regulatory database being directly loaded by the kernel (instead of by crda).

Uploading linux (5.4.6-1)

2019-12-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
. * [mips*] switch to vmlinuz from vmlinux except octeon. * [mips*] enable CONFIG_MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT. * [mips*] enable CONFIG_CPU_HAS_MSA except octeon. * [arm64] drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i: Enable DRM_SUN8I_MIXER as a module. (Closes: #946510). Thanks to Andrei POPESCU. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings

Uploading linux (5.3.9-1)

2019-11-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
/ethernet/amazon: Backport driver fixes from v5.4-rc5 Building a new version will probably fix #942881 (invalid signed module). There will be an ABI bump. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: Debian Linux kernel uploads

2019-10-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
Linux kernel package in > SID and see how that works. > > In anycase, I would like to give a heads-up to the kernel and > release team that I shall becoming a linux package uploader. Note, > this has been discussed and agreed with Ben Hutchings and he suggested > to inform you.

Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye!

2019-10-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2019-07-21 at 10:55 -0300, Ivo De Decker wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Sorry for not getting back to you about this earlier. > > On 7/7/19 3:43 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Sun, 2019-07-07 at 02:47 +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > > [...] > > > No bi

Testing migration of linux

2019-08-23 Thread Ben Hutchings
dependent on these packages, which also inter-depend on each other, so that they'll also need to migrate at the same time: binutils gcc-8 gcc-9-cross-ports gcc-defaults-ports Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else. signature.asc Description: This is a

Bug#935480: buster-pu: package initramfs-tools/0.133+deb10u1

2019-08-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
2019-02-06 20:13:59.0 + +++ initramfs-tools-0.133+deb10u1/debian/changelog 2019-08-23 02:16:37.0 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,30 @@ +initramfs-tools (0.133+deb10u1) buster; urgency=medium + + [ Ben Hutchings ] + * [998371a] hooks/resume: Disable resume when there are no suitable

Bug#935479: buster-pu: package firmware-nonfree/20190114-2

2019-08-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
-1,3 +1,25 @@ +firmware-nonfree (20190114-2) buster; urgency=medium + + [ Ben Hutchings ] + * Update to linux-support 4.19.0-5 + * amd-graphics: Trigger update-initramfs when installed (Closes: #928510) + * cavium, netronome: Trigger update-initramfs when installed + * atheros: Add Qualcomm Ather

Re: process-upload issue (was: Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye!)

2019-08-11 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2019-08-05 at 19:25 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > [CC += ftpmaster] > > On Mon, 2019-08-05 at 17:49 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Sun, 2019-07-21 at 10:55 -0300, Ivo De Decker wrote: > > [...] > > > We are aware that src:linux is a special case he

Re: Bypassing the 2/3/4GB virtual memory space on 32-bit ports

2019-08-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2019-08-09 at 00:28 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On 2019-08-08 22:23, Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] > > 1a. Require 32-bit build environments to be multiarch with the > > related 64-bit architecture also enabled. > > Indeed, but that looks like the first step. Fr

Re: Bypassing the 2/3/4GB virtual memory space on 32-bit ports

2019-08-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
ny comments, ideas, or help here? [...] 1a. Require 32-bit build environments to be multiarch with the related 64-bit architecture also enabled. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Experience is directly proportional to the value of equipment destroyed - Carolyn Scheppner signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye!

2019-08-05 Thread Ben Hutchings
> works as expected. I uploaded a new version (5.2.6-1) to unstable today (11:35 UTC), and the upload was acknowledged (11:40 UTC) but it hasn't yet showed up in the NEW queue. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein signature.asc

Re: Dropping Release and Release.gpg support from APT

2019-07-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
need a security update. Obviously I build them in a jessie chroot, but it seems like overkill to do that for the initial source download too. And back when I was doing triage for Debian LTS I wouldn't build at all - I would only look at the source to see if a bug was present in the old version. Ben. > Bu

Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye!

2019-07-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
to time. I think that the requirement to upload binary packages for binary-NEW (but not source-NEW) needs to go. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Time is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: fixing debian-security-support upgrades from stretch (for good)

2019-05-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2019-05-13 at 19:08 +, Holger Levsen wrote: > reassign -1 base-files > retitle -1 base-files: please add a break on d-s-s < 2019.04.25 > thanks > > On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 01:00:14PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Mon, 2019-05-13 at 11:52 +, Holger

Re: fixing debian-security-support upgrades from stretch (for good)

2019-05-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
y* stretch pointrelease) by adding a "pre-depends: > debian-security-support (>= 2019.04.25)" to base-files in buster. [...] This makes debian-security-support transitively essential, whereas it used to be optional. Is "Conflicts" not strong enough? Ben. -- Ben H

Uploading linux (4.19.37-1)

2019-05-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
Recommend grub-ieee1275 instead of (removed) silo * [sparc64] linux-image: Install uncompressed kernel image * [mips*r6] Re-enable CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL, which has been fixed in upstream. There will be an ABI bump. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is easier to write an incorrect program than to unders

Dropping the ntfs kernel module

2019-04-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
that. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Horngren's Observation: Among economists, the real world is often a special case. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Please verify that buster related suites are functional

2019-04-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
relevant suites or if >you have any issues with them. We need to know that the signing service can also handle uploads to buster-security, i.e. it can download embargoed binaries and then make source uploads to the same suite. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Make three consecutive corre

Bug#925482: stretch-pu: package firmware-nonfree/20161130-5

2019-03-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: stretch User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu This update fixes CVE-2018-5383 in firmware for some Bluetooth adapters. The security team already triaged this as not requiring a DSA. Ben. -- System Information: Debian

Bug#925441: unblock: linux/4.19.28-2

2019-03-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock Please unblock package linux * Upstream stable fixes for security, stability, and regressions * Various other important fixes * Enable additional hardware support * Make more drivers

Uploading linux (4.19.28-1)

2019-03-11 Thread Ben Hutchings
PCLIFF_PCH. * [mipsel/mips64el] Backport MIPS: Loongson: Introduce and use loongson_llsc_mb() There will be an ABI bump. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Fixing stretch debian-installer on armhf

2019-03-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
144-3.1 is in the kernel image, and the module udebs don't have versioned dependencies. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings friends: People who know you well, but like you anyway. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Uploading linux (4.19.20-1)

2019-02-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
SoCs. * [armel] add spi-orion to mtd.udeb to be able to access spi flash on e.g. qnap ts-21x. (Closes: #920607) There will be an ABI bump. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Logic doesn't apply to the real world. - Marvin Minsky signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Uploading linux (4.19.16-1)

2019-01-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
to 4.19.15-rt12 * [ia64,m68k] Fix FTBFS on these architectures Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Unix is many things to many people, but it's never been everything to anybody. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Proposal: Repository for fast-paced package backports

2018-12-31 Thread Ben Hutchings
ture of the new > repo either. In my eyes, 'fastpaced' makes the point far better. > > But as said, the main argument against calling it 'rolling' is that it > would create confusion due to the name already being used in other > (Debian-related) contexts. At the risk of bikeshedding, some alternate names that might be less confusing: - fresh-apps - evergreen - rolling-apps Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. - John Lehman signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#906016: transition: gjs built with mozjs60

2018-12-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
o I think it's *possible* to install a Mesa-supported GPU, if unlikely. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#912820: stretch-pu: package pkgsel/0.45+deb9u2

2018-11-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
12:49:01.0 + +++ pkgsel-0.45+deb9u2/debian/changelog 2018-10-27 23:58:05.0 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +pkgsel (0.45+deb9u2) stretch; urgency=medium + + * Fix target suite + + -- Ben Hutchings Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:58:05 +0100 + +pkgsel (0.45+deb9u1) unstable; urgency=medium

Bug#910969: stretch-pu: package firmware-nonfree/20161130-4

2018-10-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, + CVE-2017-13081) +- BCM43340 (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, + CVE-2017-13081) (also fixes issues when operating in 5GHz band) +- BCM43362 (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, +

Uploading linux (4.18.10-1)

2018-09-30 Thread Ben Hutchings
(CVE-2018-14633) * scsi: target: iscsi: Use bin2hex instead of a re-implementation Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Who are all these weirdos? - David Bowie, on joining IRC signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Re-evaluating architecture inclusion in unstable/experimental

2018-09-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2018-09-29 at 17:05 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 9/29/18 8:48 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Fri, 2018-09-28 at 14:16 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > [...] > > > Furthermore, several of the ports are in very healthy condition and > &g

Re: Re-evaluating architecture inclusion in unstable/experimental

2018-09-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
nd fixed them. [...] So, by all means have fun working on these ports, but aside from ppc64 I don't see any prospect of them meeting release qualifications. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. - Harrison signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Uploading linux (4.18.8-1)

2018-09-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
to 4.18.7-rt5 No ABI bump is required. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it, get a larger hammer. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Uploading linux (4.18.6-1)

2018-09-04 Thread Ben Hutchings
and re-enable * [armhf, arm64] add the rt featureset, which adds support for PREEMPT_RT Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett signature.asc Description

Upgrade issues with firmware-{adi,ralink}

2018-08-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
at updating firmware-nonfree in jessie to support linux-4.9. Should I add those transitional packages to stretch in a stable update? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The Peter principle: In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence. signature.asc Description

Bug#905340: stretch-pu: package linux/4.9.110-3

2018-08-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: stretch User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu Please copy linux version 4.9.110-3 to the stretch-updates suite. It fixes several serious regressions in the latest point release. Ben. -- System Information: Debian Release:

Uploading linux (4.17.6-1)

2018-07-10 Thread Ben Hutchings
changes This might require an ABI bump, but I think it's avoidable. In any case, it will require a trip through NEW to add the linux-bootwrapper package. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The world is coming to an end. Please log off. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#902939: Retry linux 4.17.3-1 build on s390x

2018-07-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal The build on s390x was aborted—the log shows: E: ABORT: Received TERM signal (requesting cleanup and shutdown) This doesn't seem to be a real build failure, so please retry it: gb linux_4.17.3-1 . s390x . Ben. -- System Information: Debian

Uploading linux (4.17.3-1)

2018-07-01 Thread Ben Hutchings
I intend to upload linux version 4.17.3-1 to unstable later today (Monday). This is a new stable upstream version which means an ABI bump. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Make three consecutive correct guesses and you will be considered an expert. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: Arch qualification for buster: call for DSA, Security, toolchain concerns

2018-06-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 22:33 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 22:31 +0200, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote: > > Niels Thykier wrote: > > > If the issues and concerns from you or your team are not up to date, > > > then please follow up to this email (k

Re: Arch qualification for buster: call for DSA, Security, toolchain concerns

2018-06-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
release architecture without a kernel. We still don't have a way to interactively install multiarch amd64/i386 systems. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Sturgeon's Law: Ninety percent of everything is crap. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#862030: jessie-pu: package rar/2:4.2.0+dfsg.1-0.1

2018-06-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2018-06-08 at 21:39 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Control: tags -1 + confirmed > > On Fri, 2017-11-24 at 17:14 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Tue, 2017-06-27 at 22:55 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > > > > >

Re: Updating x86 microcode in stable

2018-05-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2018-05-16 at 14:57 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2018, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > I notice that amd64-microcode and intel-microcode haven't been updated > > in stable this year. (Indeed, amd64-microcode hasn't been updated at > > all this

Updating libvirt and qemu in stable

2018-05-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
was already implemented in version 4.9.82-1+deb9u1, although the microcode updates are not yet in stable. libvirt and qemu (and maybe other related packages) also need to be updated so that they recognise and enable the new CPU feature bits for guests. Is this likely to be doable? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings

Updating x86 microcode in stable

2018-05-14 Thread Ben Hutchings
jessie, so microcode updates would be useful there too. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Unix is many things to many people, but it's never been everything to anybody. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Fixing Linux getrandom() in stable

2018-05-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2018-05-13 at 23:48 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 11:46:00PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] > > # Options for a new fix > > > > It is unlikely that any further fix will be forthcoming on the kernel > > side, so I believe that we need to

Re: Fixing Linux getrandom() in stable

2018-05-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2018-05-13 at 11:27 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 23:46 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > It is unlikely that any further fix will be forthcoming on the kernel > > side, so I believe that we need to do one of: > > > > 1. Add entrop

Fixing Linux getrandom() in stable

2018-05-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
and the systemd maintainers on these options. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates signature.asc

Uploading linux (4.16.5-1)

2018-04-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
. * [arm64] Enable features to support Pinebook and other A64 systems: * [arm64] Add patch enabling simplefb LCD on A64. * [hppa] Switch to self-decompressing kernel to save disk space in /boot * [amd64] enable AMD 10GbE Ethernet driver (CONFIG_AMD_XGBE=m) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Reality is just

Uploading linux (4.15.17-1)

2018-04-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
about missing regulatory.db - [armhf] Enable auto-loading of imx6q-cpufreq module where appropriate - Security fixes for ext4 and libsas - Bump ABI number to 3 Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Logic doesn't apply to the real world. - Marvin Minsky signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Bug#894123: RM: nvidia-graphics-modules/oldstable -- RoQA; license problem; incompatible with current kernel ABI

2018-03-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal See #815060 for the license issue. The Linux kernel ABI in jessie was changed in January as a result of the mitigation of the Meltdown security issue. This package would need to be updated to build new compatible modules, but that should not be done due

Bug#862030: jessie-pu: package rar/2:4.2.0+dfsg.1-0.1

2017-11-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2017-06-27 at 22:55 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> (2017-05-07): > > rar should be updated to fix #860952. > > > > The orig tarballs need to be repacked to exclude rar_static. Then I >

Uploading linux (4.14.2-1)

2017-11-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
I intend to upload linux version 4.14.2-1 to unstable later this week. As this is a new upstream release, there will be an ABI bump. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Uploading linux (4.13.13-1)

2017-11-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
: #880145) [ Ben Hutchings ] * linux-image: Recommend apparmor, as systemd units with an AppArmor profile will fail without it (Closes: #880441) * [powerpc*] kvm: Ignore ABI change in 4.13.6 (fixes FTBFS) * swap: Avoid ABI change in 4.13.12 I expect to add a few more bug fixes before

Uploading linux (4.13..4-1)

2017-09-30 Thread Ben Hutchings
I intend to upload linux version 4.13.4-1 to unstable today (Saturday) or Sunday. This is a new upstream version, so there's an ABI bump. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: Kernel ABI bump in stretch

2017-09-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2017-09-03 at 18:51 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Sun, Sep  3, 2017 at 01:45:48 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > There are several changes in the 4.9-stable branch which I don't think > > we can take without changes to the kernel module ABI that will affect >

Kernel ABI bump in stretch

2017-09-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
release. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Time is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#866692: stretch-pu: package linux-latest/80+deb9u1

2017-07-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
that'll be sorted out by the time > > the point release happens.) > > Well, it'll need to be. :-) To be entirely honest, I'd prefer to get the > unstable situation sorted before we fix stable. Looking at the NEW page > for the unstable upload, I can't imagine that there'll be any issue

Bug#866692: stretch-pu: package linux-latest/80+deb9u1

2017-07-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2017-07-13 at 07:42 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Sat, 2017-07-01 at 16:10 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > Control: tags -1 + confirmed > > > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, 2017-07-01 at 06:07 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > H

Bug#866692: stretch-pu: package linux-latest/80+deb9u1

2017-06-30 Thread Ben Hutchings
s to debug symbol meta-packages (Closes: #866691) + + -- Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Sat, 01 Jul 2017 01:31:49 +0100 + linux-latest (80) unstable; urgency=medium * Re-introduce xen-linux-system-amd64 *again* as transitional package diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/

Uploading linux (4.11.6-1)

2017-06-18 Thread Ben Hutchings
: Include rules.defs before using architecture variables   * [rt] Update to 4.11.5-rt1 and reenable   * fs: Reenable HPFS_FS as module   * USB: serial: option: add two Longcheer device ids   * [armhf] PCI: Enable PCI_HOST_GENERIC Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Design a system any fool can use, and only

Bug#864233: unblock: linux/4.9.30-1

2017-06-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2017-06-06 at 01:24 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, 2017-06-06 at 01:29 +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > This includes many important bug fixes, including security fixes.  It > > > adds support for system

Bug#864287: unblock: firmware-nonfree/20161130-3

2017-06-06 Thread Ben Hutchings
2x00: Downgrade Intel Pro 2200/2915 firwmare to version 3.0" +(Closes: #833551) + * Update to linux-support 4.9.0-1 + + -- Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:56:25 +0100 + firmware-nonfree (20161130-2) unstable; urgency=medium * debian/control: Add XS

Bug#864233: unblock: linux/4.9.30-1

2017-06-06 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2017-06-06 at 08:26 +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: > Ben Hutchings wrote... > > > radvd's autoconf test for has probably failed at least > > since Linux 2.6.32 when I made sure the kernel headers would never > > define struct sockaddr for userland: > >

Bug#864233: unblock: linux/4.9.30-1

2017-06-05 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2017-06-06 at 01:29 +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > Hi, > > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > This includes many important bug fixes, including security fixes.  It > > adds support for system reset on Malta boards, additional GPUs on > > ARM64 systems, and PL011 seria

Bug#864233: unblock: linux/4.9.30-1

2017-06-05 Thread Ben Hutchings
eine-König ] * [arm64] Enable DRM modules (Closes: #863344) * Ignore ABI changes in chipidea driver [ Ben Hutchings ] * Ignore ABI changes in ccp and hid-sensors * [mips*el/loongson-3] Revert "MIPS: Loongson-3: Select MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_6" to avoid ABI change * SUNRPC:

Re: Last chance for d-i changes in stretch

2017-05-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
you want or would like to include in r0, now is the time to mention it. [...] I want to apply the change sent as <20170423005601.gp4...@decadent.org.uk>, but still haven't found the time to test it yet. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Experience is what causes a person to make new mist

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