drakx/perl-install/NEWS, branch 17.98

17.98

2018-06-22T15:14:27+00:00

sync with kernel 4.1[5-7]

2018-06-22T15:07:42+00:00

17.97

2018-06-05T06:03:16+00:00

bootloader: add cma=256M@512M for Raspberry Pi DRM/VC4

2018-05-16T00:10:35+00:00

bootloader: add specific boot options for Raspberry Pi I/O scheduler (deadline)

2018-05-16T00:10:35+00:00

elevator=deadline is supposed to give better performance on flash
storage, and used by default on most Raspberry Pi distributions.

Ideally, this should not be set here for specific boards, but
automatically for all architectures depending on the storage type.
Archlinux appears to use a /etc/tmpfiles.d/set_IO_scheduler.conf file for this.

bootloader: add specific boot cmdline options for Raspberry Pi serial console

2018-05-16T00:10:35+00:00

console=ttyS0,115200 will work on Raspberry Pi 3.
Raspberry Pi 2 does not boot without console=tty1 on cmdline.
To have console output on both serial port and HDMI display,
8250.nr_uarts=1 is needed.

On Raspberry Pi 2, though, it is required to edit /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
to use ttyAMA0 instead of ttyS0 in the console parameter.

bootloader: read/write extlinux.conf in U-Boot backend for ARM

2018-05-16T00:10:35+00:00

Read and write an extlinux.conf file in /boot/extlinux, it will be
automatically found by U-boot if located on an active partition.

Keep the "uboot" backend name, since we may do some U-Boot
installation steps later on.

Also, the extlinux.conf code could be used to support other
bootloaders from the syslinux family.

fixup extlinux

bootloader: create /usr/lib/linux symlink for devicee tree files

2018-05-13T20:28:56+00:00

Also save it as fdtdir

bootloader: build initrd for ARM arch

2018-05-13T20:28:56+00:00

It is needed for root devices with LABEL or UUID.

don't list HDA "input" devices as keyboards

2018-04-17T12:38:37+00:00

Those are listed in /proc/bus/input/devices (mga#9986)