[yocto] [Question] [meta-atmel/kirkstone] do_fetch - failed with exit code 128, no output

[<Dharma.B@microchip.com>]

Hi Yocto experts,

We recently encountered an unexpected challenge subsequent to migrating 
to the latest Poky tags. Surprisingly, this issue had not surfaced in 
our prior experiences.

We are experiencing difficulties with fetching from the repository, 
specifically encountering the following errors:
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log.do.fetch of random recipes
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fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly
fatal: early EOF
fatal: index-pack failed
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with the following build configurations
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Build Configuration:
BB_VERSION           = "2.0.0"
BUILD_SYS            = "x86_64-linux"
NATIVELSBSTRING      = "ubuntu-20.04"
TARGET_SYS           = "arm-poky-linux-gnueabi"
MACHINE              = "sama5d27-som1-ek-sd"
DISTRO               = "poky-atmel"
DISTRO_VERSION       = "4.0.15"
TUNE_FEATURES        = "arm vfp cortexa5 neon vfpv4 thumb 
callconvention-hard"
TARGET_FPU           = "hard"
meta
meta-poky
meta-yocto-bsp       = "HEAD:755632c2fcab43aa05cdcfa529727064b045073c"
meta-oe
meta-networking
meta-webserver
meta-python
meta-initramfs       = "kirkstone:730e44900a0a86265bad93a16b5a5ff344a07266"
meta-atmel           = 
"duraib/sam9x75eb_v1:fb2fc445cddde546f8556b23695fbc63c88072ca"
meta-multimedia      = "kirkstone:730e44900a0a86265bad93a16b5a5ff344a07266"
meta-arm
meta-arm-toolchain   = "kirkstone:b187fb9232ca0a6b5f8f90b4715958546fc41d73"
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We are curious to understand if anyone else within the community has 
faced a similar issue after updating to the latest Poky tags. If so, has 
a solution been identified or reported? We are keen to ascertain whether 
there might be a known bug contributing to this fetcher failure.

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With Best Regards,
Dharma B.