Package: kernel-patch-2.2.20-powerpc Version: 2.2.20-3
Hello, The Debian Woody installation CD fails to boot on "carolina" motherboards. This is a quite well documented (such as it comes) but unaddressed problem with the Linux kernel. The impact for Debian is described in bug #150779 : http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=150779 Unfortunately it seems that the Carolina problem is just a little bit too obscure to be worked out correctly: googling for it, I find a large bunch of scattered dead-leaving help request threads, and a few unofficial workaround projects. Nevertheless, bug #150779 and all related problems seem to be easily solved, by providing a default PReP kernel with the Carolina patches. (Not only for the installation, but also for the installed system...) The patches, together with a thorough description, can be found here: http://www.amberdata.demon.co.uk/carolina/ A few examples of workaround projects based on this patch: http://dom.magd.ox.ac.uk/computing/rs6000/ http://home.tiscali.be/philipa/rs6000-instproc.html NOTE: I can't tell why the Carolina patches have never been merged into the default PPC kernel, or haven't been merged into Debian before, but it is my intent to correct this error with this bug report. I'd like to claim that I've seen other PPC distro's do this patch by default, but I'm afraid that my only reference material was called "Yggdrasil Linux" (yeah, that ole distro), so I can't tell the status of that... Hoping for this to be resolved, yours, Stefan Rieken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
