DTB is now used for Buffalo Linkstation LiveV3 (LS-CHL)
There aren’t all that main changes in the Debian Installer Stretch RC4 release, and among those that caught our attention, we can mention support for Xunlong Orange Pi Plus and Xunlong Orange Pi Plus 2 single-board computers, switch to DTB for Buffalo Linkstation LiveV3 (LS-CHL) , and bump of Linux kernel version to 4.9.0-3.
Additionally, the fourth Release Candidate of the Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch” Installer re-enables u-boot images for OpenRD, adds all AHCI drivers in sata-modules, includes tifm_7xx1 to mmc-modules, and move mfd-core to kernel-image, as it appears to be required by both mmc-modules and input-modules.
The default hostname was switched from ftp.debian.org to deb.debian.org in both the 92updates and 93backports generators, the speech-enabled boot menu entries were fixed for advanced options, as well as the external 32-bit speech entry from the multiarch ISO image.
Other than that, this release removes the code using device mapper from os-prober as it no longer works as expected in Debian Installer, which now relies on grub-mount, and the IPv6 autoconfiguration now correctly handles NTP server names, which are now stored as the hostname provided by DHCP.
Early adopters can download the Debian Installer Stretch RC4 release source tarball right now from our website if they want to take it for a test drive, but please try to keep in mind that known issues are still present in this development build, so it is recommended that you don’t use it production environments just yet.
