Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Aurelien Jarno [2007-04-18 12:04]:
> > retitle 404951 linux-2.6: sb1-bcm91250a kernel does not boot
> > found 404951 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12
>
> > > Broadcom SiByte BCM1250 B2 @ 800 MHz (SB1 rev 2)
> > > Board type: SiByte BCM91250A (SWARM)
> > >
> > > After that, the system starts CFE again.
> > >
> > This is actually a kernel bug that is reproducible on ball (Debian mips
> > build daemon). I am therefore reassigning the package to linux-2.6.
> >
> > I am bumping the severity of this bug to critical as:
> > - This make this kernel flavour totally useless
>
> Yeah, that's what I've been saying for ages now. If Karsten still has
> his SWARM, I'd say he should give it a more active developer who's
> interested in working on SWARM support (Aurelien Jarno or Thomas
> Bogendoerfer maybe).
>
> But I consider SWARM completely broken. I doubt the kernel works and
> debian-installer is probably completely broken too because nobody has
> tested it in years. d-i support for the BigSur never worked, although
> it's still there. I think d-i support for SWARM and BigSur should be
> removed unless something is willing to fix it.

I am promised to have internet access again at home next weekend,
working on the SWARM kernels is the highest Debian-related priority
I have at that point.


Thiemo



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On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:11:25PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> Subject: Re: Bug#404951: sb1-bcm91250a kernel does not boot
>
> Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> > * Aurelien Jarno [2007-04-18 12:04]:
> > > retitle 404951 linux-2.6: sb1-bcm91250a kernel does not boot
> > > found 404951 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12
> >
> > > > Broadcom SiByte BCM1250 B2 @ 800 MHz (SB1 rev 2)
> > > > Board type: SiByte BCM91250A (SWARM)
> > > >
> > > > After that, the system starts CFE again.
> > > >
> > > This is actually a kernel bug that is reproducible on ball (Debian mips
> > > build daemon). I am therefore reassigning the package to linux-2.6.
> > >
> > > I am bumping the severity of this bug to critical as:
> > > - This make this kernel flavour totally useless
> >
> > Yeah, that's what I've been saying for ages now. If Karsten still has
> > his SWARM, I'd say he should give it a more active developer who's
> > interested in working on SWARM support (Aurelien Jarno or Thomas
> > Bogendoerfer maybe).
> >
> > But I consider SWARM completely broken. I doubt the kernel works and
> > debian-installer is probably completely broken too because nobody has
> > tested it in years. d-i support for the BigSur never worked, although
> > it's still there. I think d-i support for SWARM and BigSur should be
> > removed unless something is willing to fix it.
>
> I am promised to have internet access again at home next weekend,
> working on the SWARM kernels is the highest Debian-related priority
> I have at that point.

The problem with removing SWARM support is that the autobuilders all
need those kernels and removing the support would be the death of the
mips(el) port.

Flo
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:11:25PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> > * Aurelien Jarno [2007-04-18 12:04]:
> > > retitle 404951 linux-2.6: sb1-bcm91250a kernel does not boot
> > > found 404951 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12
> >
> > > > Broadcom SiByte BCM1250 B2 @ 800 MHz (SB1 rev 2)
> > > > Board type: SiByte BCM91250A (SWARM)
> > > >
> > > > After that, the system starts CFE again.
> > > >
> > > This is actually a kernel bug that is reproducible on ball (Debian mips
> > > build daemon). I am therefore reassigning the package to linux-2.6.
> > >
> > > I am bumping the severity of this bug to critical as:
> > > - This make this kernel flavour totally useless
> >
> > Yeah, that's what I've been saying for ages now. If Karsten still has
> > his SWARM, I'd say he should give it a more active developer who's
> > interested in working on SWARM support (Aurelien Jarno or Thomas
> > Bogendoerfer maybe).
> >
> > But I consider SWARM completely broken. I doubt the kernel works and
> > debian-installer is probably completely broken too because nobody has
> > tested it in years. d-i support for the BigSur never worked, although
> > it's still there. I think d-i support for SWARM and BigSur should be
> > removed unless something is willing to fix it.
>
> I am promised to have internet access again at home next weekend,
> working on the SWARM kernels is the highest Debian-related priority
> I have at that point.

I still have my SWARM, although it has been running only very
flaky during the last months. All newer kernels don't boot at all
as listed in the bugreports, but nowadays even with old kernels
(which used to work before without problems even under heavy
load) the box freezes after some time, so I assume the machine
has hardware problems. Testing on this box therefore does not
really help atm.

Regards,
Karsten
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* Thiemo Seufer [2008-09-15 14:11]:
> I am promised to have internet access again at home next weekend,
> working on the SWARM kernels is the highest Debian-related priority
> I have at that point.

Thiemo, what's the status of this?

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