[Debootloaders-yaboot] Bug#473725: Bug#473725: New yaboot release 1.3.14 available upstream

[Joel Soete]

Hello Aurelien,

> severity 473725 wishlist
> thanks
> 
No pb ;<)

> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 09:46:21AM +0100, Joel Soete wrote:
> > May I ask you the favour to compile a new deb package based on this new
> > upstream release (1.3.14 on <http://yaboot.ozlabs.org/>)?
> 
> Please note that I am currently refraining to upload 1.3.14, because I
> no longer have access to the p505 which IBM France lent me. It should
> be solved soon though.
> 
Understand.

> > According to git Changelog, it's possible that it fixes the install issue of
> > the debian-4.0r3 I mentioned on debian-powerpc ml:
> > <http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2008/03/msg00038.html>.
> 
> May I ask you the favour to tell me what git commit exactly? It is
> unsure 1.3.14 will really fix your problem.

Well you are absolutly right (why I said "it's possible").
Never the less I was worry  when readinfg the latest commit:

commit 58838f4a6973c60dc1b764fba20682ce07bb6c96
Author: Paul Nasrat <pnasrat at redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Aug 17 15:22:00 2007 +0100

    On some of the larger kernels we are starting to see a space squeeze.
    The kernel is currently being put at 20MBs and on some of the newer
    pSeries systems we are getting real-bases at 32MBs (plus AIX 5.3 has
    real-base at 32MB, so if AIX is ever booted, everything gets shifted).
    
[snip]
And the p510 on which I playing, was supplied by the end of june 2007, so may
be in "some of the newer pseries", thought.

> It is also not clear in
> your post whether you actually tested it or not.
> 
Not tested yet as far as debian couldn't reboot from installed hd and it's
painfull to restart from cd ;<(
That said, I tried also this other "Open" distro which boot from hd.
Even thought it's not my favorite debian it would help with debootstrap to
build a debian on another disk. This last one (chrooted) would itself be a
good startup to build/test this new yaboot release; just need more time...

Tx,
    j.

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