Is the sh7785lcr kernel still useful?

Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Jul 2024 00:11:09 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.kernel,gmane.linux.debian.ports.superh
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Hello Super-H porters,

In revieweing Debian's kernel configuration for sh4, I realised that
the sh7785lcr board file not only has a small kernel partition but has
no initramfs partition.

Some time ago the compressed kernel image for sh7785lcr became larger
than its kernel partition.  This was caught by a build-time check.  In
version 6.3.2-1~exp1 I attempted to fix this by modularising some
drivers, on the assumption that an initramfs would be used (as is
normal for Debian packaged kernels).  But it seems like this won't work
- any initramfs would have to be appended to the kernel image, so it
would still be too large for the kernel partition.

**If this kernel flavour is no longer usable and no fix is proposed, I
intend to remove it.**

Before I do that:

- Does anyone still care about this board?
- Does anyone have it working with a recent (6.3 or later) Debian
  kernel package, and if so how?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson

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