Well, "make oldconfig" worked on the intel. It appears that parts that are broken are alpha-dependent ?
>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:59:04 -0400 (EDT) >From: Rich Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [email protected] >Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > >Umm...I don't think it's fair to say it's broken. You need to remember >that there are a whole host of different options between 2.2 and 2.4 and >I'm not sure any ever guaranteed that make oldconfig would work across >major revisions like that. > >I saw a posting somewhere saying that sound in 2.4 is just plain broken, >regardless of arch, so YMMV. > >--rdp > > >On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, James D. Freels wrote: > >> >> Apparently "make oldconfig" is broken for the alpha. I went back and >> examined the resulting .config and compared to the 2.2.16 .config and >> there were at least 3 major areas that were not configured correctly: >> >> 1) the SRM dependence: I manually turned this back on so I can boot >> from SRM >> >> 2) the PCI ethernet card dependence: I manually turned this back on >> and my ehernet card was enabled from the previous .config >> >> 3) the MSS sound card dependence: there is no place to specify the >> I/O, IRQ, dma, etc. So sound was broken. >> >> This time I built a PC164 kernel that booted successfully and >> everthing but sound appeared to work (including ethernet). However, >> it only took a few minutes of operation before the system hung on what >> appeared to be scsi problem. I had to perform a hard reboot. Upon >> reboot to my stable 2.2.16 kernel, all filesystems were checked with >> one error fix. >> >> So, I think I will stop the experimentation for now. I would like to >> hear about some successes and any advice. >> >> > >-- >Rich Payne >[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.alphalinux.org > -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ |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 | \------------------------------------------------------------------/
