From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FCoj4-0000qz-1I for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 02:00:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1P1xYQn012062; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:59:34 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1P1xXeB025337 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:59:34 GMT Received: from [209.249.182.18] (helo=ferris.dsl.patriot.net) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1FCoib-0002Xx-CJ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:59:33 +0000 Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:59:15 +0000 (UTC) From: Ferris McCormick X-X-Sender: fmccor@terciopelo.krait.us To: Mike Owen cc: gentoo-sparc@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] Re: 2.6 kernel In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4BB1E365BF26D311914A00805FA6A1C11FCD20BD@admsrvnt02.enet.sharplabs.com> <8f5ca2210602241408s535bd53bn9b83ea1f4efda73f@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-sparc@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-sparc@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: deab9210-638d-4cb5-b242-c95119b7aaef X-Archives-Hash: 61807b9f0e7cc0bf420711f2aea02976 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Ferris McCormick wrote: > --[PinePGP]--------------------------------------------------[begin]-- > On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Mike Owen wrote: > >> On 2/24/06, Longman, Bill wrote: >> > > nevermind, after futher searching it seems that all the 2.6 >> > > kernels are masked. what a drag.... >> > > >> > > >> > > On 2/24/06, Nick Smith wrote: >> > > > got no response on my other thread, so how about a simple question. >> > > > what would i have to do to upgrade to 2.6 from 2.4? is it a >> > > matter of >> > > > just downloading the vanilla-sources for sparc and going >> > > through the >> > > > config/compile process? would i have to do something >> > > special to get it >> > > > to work? >> > >> > That doesn't mean you can't play with it, though. Just pull it down and >> > compile it. It's rather frustrating, but it's good practice, no? Who >> > doesn't >> > like compiling kernels on a 166MHz SPARC? >> > >> > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~sparc" emerge -f --oneshot gentoo-sources >> > >> > should get you the latest 2.6.15-r5. Tweak command line as needed for >> > other >> > versions. >> >> I'm having very good success with gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r1. I have it >> running on a pair of V210s. The only problem I've had is SMP doesn't >> work, which I've been told I can fix by playing with the way RAM is >> installed, but I've yet to try that. >> >> If you do decided to give it a spin, you'll need to install udev and a >> curent linux-headers. >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> gentoo-sparc@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> > > 2.6.15-rx runs very well for me on U60, SB1000. It is just hopless on U2, > though. NO 2.6 runs on U2 worth a damn. It is beyond me why the kernel > people don't sit down and fix it. Yes, I am getting upset about this. I > am not a kernel guy, and can't help. But 2.6 DOES NOT WORK on U1/U2. > > Now, I've vented. > Regards, > Ferris Apologies. That's too strong. I'm really upset, and it shows. The sparc kernel people are doing a tremendous job, but just can't fix U2. Sorry, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD/7n7Qa6M3+I///cRAiJBAJ93cQCjMOM1AVumpbiNuP4e4oCy2ACgwYFM wTzPJKaYcMQEKuMPO9Up+GY= =VPys -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-sparc@gentoo.org mailing list