Gentoo Archives: gentoo-sparc

From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o
Cc: Marc-Olivier Meunier <momeunier@×××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] 2.6 kernel
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:17:34
Message-Id: 1122383811.31491.14.camel@polylepis.inforead.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-sparc] 2.6 kernel by Marc-Olivier Meunier
1 On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:00 +0200, Marc-Olivier Meunier wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I'm currently setting up my "brand new" ultra 60 and i can't see any
5 > 2.6 kernel in the sparc-sources directory. Is there a trick ? Can i
6 > use vanillia sources ?
7 >
8 > Thanks for your help !
9 >
10 You can use vanilla-sources, but depending on your particular system,
11 you might have unsatisfactory results. There is (are?) currently (a)
12 kernel bug(s) which cause kernel-2.6.xx to be unstable on U60 systems.
13
14 On a new U60 system, you are probably better off installing with
15 kernel-2.4.xx, and then playing with kernel-2.6.xx after you have a
16 satisfactorily running system. For example, I have a U60(2x300)-SMP and
17 a U60(2x450)-SMP. Kernel-2.6.12/13-rc3 is pretty much unusable on the
18 2x450; on the 2x300, the 2.6.12 kernel "locks up" about once every 2 or
19 3 weeks. But on both systems, every kernel 2-6.xx I have tried does
20 eventually fail. On the other hand, late model kernel-2.4.xx (e.g.,
21 2.4.29) versions seem to be completely stable on the 2x450.
22
23 Hope this helps,
24 Regards,
25 Ferris
26 --
27 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
28 Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel)

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