flash-kernel fails with Unsupported Platform on Cubox

[Nathaniel McAuliffe]

flash-kernel fails to run on original Cubox with "Unsupported Platform"

...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.7) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-57-generic
Unsupported platform.
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
...

nmcauliffe@srv01:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04

nmcauliffe@srv01:~$ apt-cache policy flash-kernel
flash-kernel:
  Installed: 3.0~rc.4ubuntu62.1.1
  Candidate: 3.0~rc.4ubuntu62.1.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0~rc.4ubuntu62.1.1 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-updates/main armhf Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0~rc.4ubuntu62 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial/main armhf Packages

nmcauliffe@srv01:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 789.70
Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp iwmmxt thumbee vfpv3 vfpv3d16 tls idivt
CPU implementer : 0x56
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x581
CPU revision : 5

Hardware : Marvell Dove
Revision : 0000
Serial : 0000000000000000

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Philipp (philipp-pfahofa)]

Same happens with Raspberry Pi2 and Ubuntu 16.04.3

[Dave Jones (waveform)]

If this is still an issue can you provide the output of "cat /proc/device-tree/model" ?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for flash-kernel (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]