[Pkg-raspi-maintainers] Bug#1107602: Bug#1107602: may we have an experimental upload please?

[Marc Haber]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 05:14:16PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> (2025-06-10):
>> the firmware that is currently in sid seems to be VERY picky when it
>> comes to booting from an SD card.
>[…]
>> Trying to boot with Debian's firmware with uart_2ndstage=1 enabled, one
>> sees lots of "MESS:00:00:31.901664:0: gpioman: gpioman_get_pin_num: pin
>> SDCARD_CONTROL_POWER not defined" on the serial console.
>
>I wasn't aware of such problems…

Neither was I. Took me the better part of today until I spotted the 
difference in the firmware's debug output. I nearly tossed two SD cards.

>Doing that just weeks away from the release seems rather risky, esp.
>given this package's track records when it comes to regressions (and the
>impossibility to cherry-pick fixes).

That's why I suggested an experimental upload. It is not realistic to 
have this for trixie.

Greetings
Marc


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