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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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> >> |
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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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> >>>> |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> On 2/24/06, Nick Smith <nick.smith79@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>> got no response on my other thread, so how about a simple |
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> 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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> >>>> |
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> >>>> matter of |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>> just downloading the vanilla-sources for sparc and going |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> through the |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>> config/compile process? would i have to do something |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> special to get it |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>> to work? |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >>> That doesn't mean you can't play with it, though. Just pull it |
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> down and |
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> >>> compile it. It's rather frustrating, but it's good practice, no? |
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> Who 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 |
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> needed for other |
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> >>> versions. |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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> >> If you do decided to give it a spin, you'll need to install udev |
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> and a |
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> >> curent linux-headers. |
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> >> |
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> >> Mike |
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> >> |
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> >> -- |
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> >> gentoo-sparc@g.o mailing list |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> |
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> 2.6.15-rx runs very well for me on U60, SB1000. It is just hopless |
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> on U2, though. NO 2.6 runs on U2 worth a damn. It is beyond me why |
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> the kernel people don't sit down and fix it. Yes, I am getting |
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> upset about this. I am not a kernel guy, and can't help. But 2.6 |
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> DOES NOT WORK on U1/U2. |
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> |
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> Now, I've vented. |
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> Regards, |
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> Ferris |
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> -- |
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> Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) |
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I'm running 2.6.15-r5 on 3 different Ultra1's. Everything seems to be |
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going fine. |
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Linux cf-node001 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 21 19:42:49 |
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GMT 2006 sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc I (SpitFire) GNU/Linux |
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Linux cf-node003 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 17 16:43:46 |
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UTC 2006 sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc I (SpitFire) GNU/Linux |
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Linux cf-node004 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 21 18:24:56 |
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UTC 2006 sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc I (SpitFire) GNU/Linux |
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