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From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
To: Mike Owen <kyphros@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] Re: 2.6 kernel
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:52:27
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.64.0602250144100.14263@terciopelo.krait.us
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-sparc] Re: 2.6 kernel by Mike Owen
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4 On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Mike Owen wrote:
5
6 > On 2/24/06, Longman, Bill <longman@×××××××××.com> wrote:
7 >>> nevermind, after futher searching it seems that all the 2.6
8 >>> kernels are masked. what a drag....
9 >>>
10 >>>
11 >>> On 2/24/06, Nick Smith <nick.smith79@×××××.com> wrote:
12 >>>> got no response on my other thread, so how about a simple question.
13 >>>> what would i have to do to upgrade to 2.6 from 2.4? is it a
14 >>> matter of
15 >>>> just downloading the vanilla-sources for sparc and going
16 >>> through the
17 >>>> config/compile process? would i have to do something
18 >>> special to get it
19 >>>> to work?
20 >>
21 >> That doesn't mean you can't play with it, though. Just pull it down and
22 >> compile it. It's rather frustrating, but it's good practice, no? Who doesn't
23 >> like compiling kernels on a 166MHz SPARC?
24 >>
25 >> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~sparc" emerge -f --oneshot gentoo-sources
26 >>
27 >> should get you the latest 2.6.15-r5. Tweak command line as needed for other
28 >> versions.
29 >
30 > I'm having very good success with gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r1. I have it
31 > running on a pair of V210s. The only problem I've had is SMP doesn't
32 > work, which I've been told I can fix by playing with the way RAM is
33 > installed, but I've yet to try that.
34 >
35 > If you do decided to give it a spin, you'll need to install udev and a
36 > curent linux-headers.
37 >
38 > Mike
39 >
40 > --
41 > gentoo-sparc@g.o mailing list
42 >
43 >
44
45 2.6.15-rx runs very well for me on U60, SB1000. It is just hopless on U2,
46 though. NO 2.6 runs on U2 worth a damn. It is beyond me why the kernel
47 people don't sit down and fix it. Yes, I am getting upset about this. I
48 am not a kernel guy, and can't help. But 2.6 DOES NOT WORK on U1/U2.
49
50 Now, I've vented.
51 Regards,
52 Ferris
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54 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
55 Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc)
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Re: [gentoo-sparc] Re: 2.6 kernel Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
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