[Pkg-raspi-maintainers] Bug#948712: Bug#948712: raspi-firmware: Workaround to avoid postinst error on Pinebook Pro

Cyril Brulebois cyril at debamax.com
Sat Dec 13 12:06:15 GMT 2025


Paul Seelig <wmlive at users.sf.net> (2025-12-12):
> The proposed modification consists of an additional check to verify if
> the platfom actually is an RPI before raising an error condition just
> because /boot/firmware is not a mount point.

We support much more than just the Pi 4 family. You seem to have
borrowed from a function that matches the Pi 4 family specifically
because of cma-related requirements (having it or not having it on the
kernel cmdline).

> On Pinebook Pro and some other PINE64 devices, /boot/firmware is
> usually just a subdirectory and there is no need to complicate things
> by insisting it to be a mount point.

Why are you deploying *raspi*-firmware on PINE devices in the first
place?


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois -- Debian Consultant @ DEBAMAX -- https://debamax.com/
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