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On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Mike Owen wrote: |
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>> On 2/24/06, Longman, Bill <longman@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > > nevermind, after futher searching it seems that all the 2.6 |
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>> > > kernels are masked. what a drag.... |
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>> > > On 2/24/06, Nick Smith <nick.smith79@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > > > got no response on my other thread, so how about a simple question. |
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>> > > > what would i have to do to upgrade to 2.6 from 2.4? is it a |
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>> > > matter of |
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>> > > > just downloading the vanilla-sources for sparc and going |
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>> > > through the |
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>> > > > config/compile process? would i have to do something |
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>> > > special to get it |
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>> > > > to work? |
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>> > |
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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 |
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>> > doesn't |
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>> > like compiling kernels on a 166MHz SPARC? |
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>> > |
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>> > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~sparc" emerge -f --oneshot gentoo-sources |
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>> > |
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>> > should get you the latest 2.6.15-r5. Tweak command line as needed for |
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>> > other |
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>> > versions. |
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>> I'm having very good success with gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r1. I have it |
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>> running on a pair of V210s. The only problem I've had is SMP doesn't |
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>> work, which I've been told I can fix by playing with the way RAM is |
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>> installed, but I've yet to try that. |
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>> If you do decided to give it a spin, you'll need to install udev and a |
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>> curent linux-headers. |
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>> Mike |
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>> gentoo-sparc@g.o mailing list |
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> 2.6.15-rx runs very well for me on U60, SB1000. It is just hopless on U2, |
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> though. NO 2.6 runs on U2 worth a damn. It is beyond me why the kernel |
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> people don't sit down and fix it. Yes, I am getting upset about this. I |
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> am not a kernel guy, and can't help. But 2.6 DOES NOT WORK on U1/U2. |
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> Now, I've vented. |
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> Regards, |
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> Ferris |
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Apologies. That's too strong. I'm really upset, and it shows. The sparc |
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kernel people are doing a tremendous job, but just can't fix U2. |
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Sorry, |
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Ferris |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) |
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