On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Ian Campbell ijc@hellion.org.uk wrote:
On Sun, 2014-04-27 at 20:32 +0200, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Karsten Merker merker@debian.org wrote:
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 07:35:35AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
On Sat, 2014-04-26 at 23:25 +0200, Karsten Merker wrote:
No uImage is required for sunxi,
no uImage is required for sunxi but a uImage is required for *debian installer*. that is after all the whole point of the exercise.
What on earth are you on about? Debian installer has absolutely no requirement for uImage.
we may be talking at cross-purposes, then. my understanding of debian installer is that in its most stripped down form it is the minimalist netboot system that is typically loaded over PXE networks.
frans pop before his death kindly created a debian installer kernel and uImage for the CT-PC89e. it allowed the people who bought that ARM-based 9in laptop to boot cleanly off of external media, wipe the NAND flash as if it was a standard drive. as the machine came with a pre-loaded proprietary GPL-violating OS this was kinda important.
perhaps it would help to clarify what you have in mind, when you hear the words ¨debian installer¨?
l.