Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64

[Colin Watson]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 09:51:07PM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote:
> On 16/04/2019 21:38, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > That would indeed explain the problem. However, Debian's GRUB version
> > does support compressed kernels on sparc64. I wonder whether we have
> > a local modification that makes this possible.
> 
> Which makes me ask this OT question:
> with the release of GRUB 2.04, will Debian be able to get rid of the 136 
> patches currently applied in SID?

As is usual with new upstream releases, we'll be able to get rid of many
of them but not all.

> More generally will distributors be able get rid of the patches they apply?

Same answer.

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Colin Watson                                       address@hidden