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The 2.6.6 kernel that used to be under development-sources about a |
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year ago works great with an U60; I've recompiled it several times |
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with several configurations. I haven't gotten anything beyond that to |
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work though. So I ask, why did that kernel become unavailable in |
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portage? I understand that development-sources was converted to |
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vanilla-sources, but the 2.6.6 version is no longer in portage at all |
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even though it is the only stable 2.6 kernel for many people. Why take |
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away the capability while newer 2.6 kernels are being further |
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developed? |
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Jason B Williams |
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On 7/26/05, Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:00 +0200, Marc-Olivier Meunier wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > I'm currently setting up my "brand new" ultra 60 and i can't see any |
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> > 2.6 kernel in the sparc-sources directory. Is there a trick ? Can i |
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> > use vanillia sources ? |
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> > Thanks for your help ! |
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> You can use vanilla-sources, but depending on your particular system, |
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> you might have unsatisfactory results. There is (are?) currently (a) |
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> kernel bug(s) which cause kernel-2.6.xx to be unstable on U60 systems. |
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> On a new U60 system, you are probably better off installing with |
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> kernel-2.4.xx, and then playing with kernel-2.6.xx after you have a |
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> satisfactorily running system. For example, I have a U60(2x300)-SMP and |
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> a U60(2x450)-SMP. Kernel-2.6.12/13-rc3 is pretty much unusable on the |
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> 2x450; on the 2x300, the 2.6.12 kernel "locks up" about once every 2 or |
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> 3 weeks. But on both systems, every kernel 2-6.xx I have tried does |
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> eventually fail. On the other hand, late model kernel-2.4.xx (e.g., |
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> 2.4.29) versions seem to be completely stable on the 2x450. |
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> Hope this helps, |
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> Regards, |
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> Ferris |
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> Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel) |
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