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Longman, Bill wrote: |
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> That doesn't mean you can't play with it, though. Just pull it down and |
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> compile it. It's rather frustrating, but it's good practice, no? Who doesn't |
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> like compiling kernels on a 166MHz SPARC? |
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> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~sparc" emerge -f --oneshot gentoo-sources |
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> should get you the latest 2.6.15-r5. Tweak command line as needed for other |
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> versions. |
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Please don't use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS, it's generally bad, you've got |
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package.keywords (man 5 portage) as a better solution. |
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That said 2.6 kernels don't work fine in the stability department, |
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lately it seems only SBUS-based machines are the ones affected. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/sparc/sunhw.xml is a work in progress |
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hardware compatibility list where you can check how things are going on |
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the 2.6 front. |
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Of course it's still incomplete and feedback is welcome. |
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Don't say "excellent stability on X" unless you really did extensive tests. |
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Gustavo Zacarias |
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Gentoo/SPARC monkey |
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