[Debootloaders-yaboot] Bug#461310: Bug#461310: yaboot: Yaboot does not allow > 6MB TFTP transfers, yet Debian netboot install image is > 6MB

[Livio Soares]

  Hi,

  Just wanted to clarify something, but  from what you wrote there might be
a misunderstandig:

Aurélien GÉRÔME writes:
> tags 461310 fixed-upstream
> thanks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 12:32:16PM -0500, Livio Soares wrote:
> >   I've been trying to netboot a G5 box with the default Debian net-install
> > (powerpc64) yaboot and vmlinux images. However, it seems that the Debian
> > vmlinux images are > 6MB. A well known traditional limitation of yaboot has
> > been the fact that it's TFTP buffer size could not be bigger than 6MB.
> 
> I schedule an upgrade to the latest stable release which will include
> the fix for this bug. 

   Hum. 1.3.14  is the  latest stable release  of yaboot, however,  it does
_not_ include support  for > 6MB image TFTP loads. I  have looked at source
and, in addition, have tried to use it myself, unsuccessfully.

  The commit which fixes the bug is GIT commit:

c8b04c614770870d75825c19bcd4729cc779b84a

  Which  happened in  Dec/2007, _after_  the release  of  1.3.14. Currently
there is no  official release/snapshot which contains the  fix.  It is only
in the repository.

>                        It will be announced on debian-powerpc for
> testing during one week, and then uploaded to unstable.
> 
> On a side note, I will also upload git snapshots to experimental,
> as I recently gained DM rights.

  Cool. The git  snapshot will, in fact, include the fix  for this bug. I'm
assuming eventually experimental will find it's way into unstable, right?

  Thanks for your quick response,

  	     	  Livio