Gentoo Archives: gentoo-sparc

From: Jason Williams <jason.b.williams@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] 2.6 kernel
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:22:10
Message-Id: 59cc4da00507271721c393b8c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-sparc] 2.6 kernel by Ferris McCormick
1 The 2.6.6 kernel that used to be under development-sources about a
2 year ago works great with an U60; I've recompiled it several times
3 with several configurations. I haven't gotten anything beyond that to
4 work though. So I ask, why did that kernel become unavailable in
5 portage? I understand that development-sources was converted to
6 vanilla-sources, but the 2.6.6 version is no longer in portage at all
7 even though it is the only stable 2.6 kernel for many people. Why take
8 away the capability while newer 2.6 kernels are being further
9 developed?
10
11 Jason B Williams
12
13 On 7/26/05, Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> wrote:
14 > On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:00 +0200, Marc-Olivier Meunier wrote:
15 > > Hi,
16 > >
17 > > I'm currently setting up my "brand new" ultra 60 and i can't see any
18 > > 2.6 kernel in the sparc-sources directory. Is there a trick ? Can i
19 > > use vanillia sources ?
20 > >
21 > > Thanks for your help !
22 > >
23 > You can use vanilla-sources, but depending on your particular system,
24 > you might have unsatisfactory results. There is (are?) currently (a)
25 > kernel bug(s) which cause kernel-2.6.xx to be unstable on U60 systems.
26 >
27 > On a new U60 system, you are probably better off installing with
28 > kernel-2.4.xx, and then playing with kernel-2.6.xx after you have a
29 > satisfactorily running system. For example, I have a U60(2x300)-SMP and
30 > a U60(2x450)-SMP. Kernel-2.6.12/13-rc3 is pretty much unusable on the
31 > 2x450; on the 2x300, the 2.6.12 kernel "locks up" about once every 2 or
32 > 3 weeks. But on both systems, every kernel 2-6.xx I have tried does
33 > eventually fail. On the other hand, late model kernel-2.4.xx (e.g.,
34 > 2.4.29) versions seem to be completely stable on the 2x450.
35 >
36 > Hope this helps,
37 > Regards,
38 > Ferris
39 > --
40 > Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
41 > Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel)
42 >
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