This branch has Tim's relaxed fix that should cover more cases.
However, I'm still unable to run the autopkgtest successfully locally with armhf, due to a kernel stack-trace at boot time in the image I have (noble). I may or may not investigate further this specific issue, but in the meantime, feel free to grab the patch on my branch and give some feedback.
https:/ /code.launchpad .net/~hyask/ ubuntu/ +source/ autopkgtest/ +git/autopkgtes t/+ref/ armhf-qemu- fix
This branch has Tim's relaxed fix that should cover more cases.
However, I'm still unable to run the autopkgtest successfully locally with armhf, due to a kernel stack-trace at boot time in the image I have (noble). I may or may not investigate further this specific issue, but in the meantime, feel free to grab the patch on my branch and give some feedback.