On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:38:51PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no > longer work on Alpha machines which also renders any installer images using > the generic 4.x kernels non-working.
Yes, that was noted some time ago. A generic kernel does not boot since about 3.13. I can't remember why I never attempted bisecting this back when it was first noted to be a problem, maybe because it didn't affect me because I normally run my own spun kernels. > Confirmed on: > * AlphaStation 200 (w/EV4 x 1) > * AlphaStation 255 (w/EV45 x 1) > * Personal Workstation 500au (w/EV56 x 1) > * AlphaServer DS20E (w/EV67 x 2) Also on XP1000 so I would presume on any DP264 based machine. > Also expected on: > * AlphaServer ES45 (w/EV68CB x 4) Actually no. I seem to recall that the generic kernel does boot on ES45 (Titan). I can check that at some point when the buildds are not busy. I might have a look again to see if we can bisect this problem... Cheers Michael.
