I finally had the opportunity to try the recently compiled 2.4.0-test7 kernel on one of our debian/alphas. I compiled both a PC164 and generic kernel. My present 2.2.16 kernel is a PC164 as it should be. I copied both kernels to separate diskettes for the test.
The PC164 kernel attempted to boot, but failed when it came to the section where the ncr53c810 scsi card was initializing. The system hung at that point. The generic kernel succeeding in booting, but the ethernet card would not initialize. Therefore, I did not test further and rebooted back to 2.2.16. Both kernels were configured with "make oldconfig" from the 2.2.16 configuration. I can go back and examine the .config and make sure it was consistently created. I compiled the kernel with make dep;make clean;make boot;make archdep;make boot and there are no modules. The image is considerably larger than the 2.2.16 image (1078434 versus 952934 bytes for the PC164 kernel). I am disappointed, but I am not surprised. I would like to hear from anyone in this newsgroup on 2.4 kernel successes and any other tricks we need to know to achieve success. -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.|Phone: (865)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX: (865)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home [EMAIL PROTECTED]| I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, TN. 37831-6392 |world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \------------------------------------------------------------------/
