Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

On 12/5/18 07:33, Bob Tracy wrote:
>>> Can you open PRs so that these changes can get merged? I will then build new images.
>>
>> Sure, created them now:
>>
>> * First part: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/merge_requests/79
>>
>> * Second part:
>> https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/merge_requests/6

@all:
Unfortunately both patches weren't included in the latest (maintainer?) 
commits/releases - not that I expected that ;-). I keep rebasing them 
(due to constant changes to `debian/changelog`) but would it help if 
people (with influence :-)) upvote these patches with that "thumbs up" 
buttons?

> 
> Much appreciated, gentlemen.  Wish I could do more than offer my system up
> as a test platform, but so it goes...  I'll be happy to help with determining
> the "actual problem which is yet unknown" with the alpha generic kernel, once
> my system is back up and running :-).

Hey, if someone knows how to use `kernel-wedge` manually, we could build 
a netboot image right away, assuming that `kernel-wedge` can use the 
existing linux-image-[...]-alpha-smp package to build the needed udebs. 
That would not require a rebuild of the linux-image-[...]-alpha-smp 
package and save us a lot of time.

Cheers,
Frank