在 2006-12-12二的 08:43 -0700,Jason Wever写道: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > > > Then, again it seems all 2.6 serial kernel are marked by package.mask > > > > - sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.19 (masked by: package.mask) > > # Gustavo Zacarias > > # We mask core 2.6 stuff to avoid bootstrap issues > > > > Do people on this list use 2.6 kernel? > > Yes. My first guess is that /etc/make.profile on your system is pointing > to a kernel 2.4 profile (i.e. > /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/sparc/sparc64/2006.0/2.4) If this is > the case, change it to point to something like > /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/sparc/sparc64/2006.0 or > /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/sparc/sparc64/2006.1 > > For 2.6 kernels, gentoo-sources is the suggested package as it will > contain fixes that vanilla-sources won't. > > > I currently have two problems related to kernel that made me wish to try > > 2.6 > > > > I. the RAID bus controller "VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID > > Controller" do not work even if all IDE controller drivers are > > compiled as module on 2.4.32-sparc-r2 sparc-sources kernel. I > > hope by installing new kernel there will be better driver > > support and thus is looking forward to install new kernel > > 2.6 has been better at handling non-Sun PCI devices than 2.4 was. I'd > suggest trying 2.6 to see if this resolves the issue. You are 100% correct. The 2.6 kernel do have a driver for my case. > > > II. the keyboard sucks > > What type of system are you using here? Blade 100, 150, 1000 or 2000 > should work fine with USB input (since its the only input system on those > models). Make sure you have USB HID support enabled in the USB driver > section. Also, if you are using a USB keyboard in either 2.4 or 2.6, make > sure /etc/conf.d/keymaps uses an x86 style keymap (i.e. us) rather than > the default sunkeymap or another Sun keyboard specific keymap. > > Cheers, yes I do have set up 2.6 system running (so far, most things works, only small features failed and I am still fixing them, not have to because of 2.6 kernel but probably my misconfiguration of 2.6 kernel) When keys gets messed up, I removed keymap from boot run-level, and both keyboards begin to work fine. I don't know if this has a lot of difference then re-configuring keymap in /etc/conf.d/keymap > - -- > Jason Wever > Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFFfs4/dKvgdVioq28RArt5AKCB5HNyXQzsNVFG3BiG6p2UGoyxVACgnaMe > eJI20FjWdyBLOfZAlLKUBlI= > =Y0Co > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 锐业软服(国内业务) http://www.realss.cn Real SoftService http://www.realss.com 销售咨询(Sales Department): 0086 592 20 99987 (Chinese, German, English) 国际业务(International Sales): 0086 10 8460 6011 (German and English) 联系:厦门大学科技园,嘉庚二号楼6楼 邮政:厦门大学2312号信箱(邮编361005)