On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 03:20:58PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > Hi! Hi, please make sure you CC debian-kernel too on issues like this.
> The official debian kernels for powerpc stopped working for me with > 2.6.16 (2.6.15 works fine). The 2.6.16 ones fail to mount root fs at > boot, which I have reported in bug #366620 > > I compiled my own 2.6.16 with a minimal change in .config, and that > was it, 2.6.16 now boots on my oldworld mac. > > The needed change in config was the following: (diff against > ./boot/config-2.6.16-2-powerpc in the package > linux-image-2.6.16-2-powerpc_2.6.16-18_powerpc.deb) > > 4c4 > < # Sat Aug 19 00:42:57 2006 > --- > > # Fri Sep 8 09:14:38 2006 > 772c772 > < CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=m > --- > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y > 2317c2317 > < CONFIG_EXT2_FS=m > --- > > CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y > 2328c2328 > < CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=m > --- > > CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y > > I think this shows that there is some problem with loading the proper > modules for ide and ext2 from the initrd. As stated in the bugreport > of #366620 I have tried both yaird and the other initrd creator. > > I don't know about the > > FS_MBCACHE=y > > thing, that must have been set automatically. > > Will you consider appling this patch to the config? While it is not > the right solution in the long term, it would make oldworld macs run > with official debian kernels again (at least the ones with > IDE-drives). No, please get the ramdisk creator packages to get fixed for this one, if it is that the issue. Also, can you please try the 2.6.18-rc6 packages from : http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/ and see if your problem persists there. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
