Chris, > In almost every instance, I've been unable to > compile a 2.4.0-test kernel > without making patches. Honestly, I'm afraid to > even look at the state of > USB code WRT using on Alpha. My experience with the > kernel folk is > quickly becoming sour again since it seems that even > IA64 is getting more > attention by kernel developers than any other > platform. I hate to say it, > but it's getting back to the point where ports are > second-class citizens > in the kernel world again. It's frustrating for > those of us that are left > to support the ports, but still a worthy project, > IMO. Not to get > political, but I wish Linus and Alan would actually > use the Alphas that > have been given to them rather than letting them > collect dust...
Slightly off-topic, but i'm a regular in #e on efnet, and the attitude of developers towards non-intel machines is pretty low. It does look like we need to raise the profile of alpha's, and work with the teams working on other archs to get a better deal. IA64 - and how many people do they think will be able to afford one of these when they come out? All that effort for a platform that hasn't even been released yet. > Ok...frustration vented... > > Which test kernel are you trying and what error are > you getting if you try > to compile it "the old fashioned way"? I can > probably come up with a > patch to at least get you through compilation (and > most likely will get > the kernel booting). I still have some of my > previous test patches, but I > doubt they'll be much help at this point since most > of the changes I made > were already fixed upstream. I have tried tests 4-7 and all of them have failed. To be honest, I don't trust myself to compile and install a kernel the non-debian way, so i'll wait until i can. Robert __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
