On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:45:13PM +0200, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: ... > As i personaly only have access on HPPA C360 which has some wired > firmware, which is only able to _boot_ 32bit kernels, but able to _run_ > 64 kernels, i needed to recompile the current woody distri kernel 2.4.17 > with a 64bit capable compiler and a special kernel option and do the > upgrade tests afterward.
The kernel rebuild shouldn't be necessary if you upgraded the kernel first. Recent kernels (for about the past year or two) will detect 32 vs 64-bit firmware compatibility and switch to 32-bit mode as needed for firmware calls. > I would like to ensure that i don't have done any mistakes and would > like to ask, if someone with access to a _real_ 64bit HPPA machine could > verify our upgrade path. Well, all PA20 machines are _real_ 64-bit machines. Just the first generation workstation PDC (firmware) wasn't. PA-RISC has three principal flavors of "PDC" for PA2.0 machines: o 32-bit only (aka "legacy PDC". e.g. C240, C360) o 32-/64-bit (i.e. supports both. e.g. C3000, J5000, D-, R-, K-class) o 64-bit only (aka "PAT PDC". e.g. A500, C8000, rp3440, L-, N- class) > Please keep in mind that you need a plain woody installation for that... Sorry, I only have Debian "testing" on my boxes. If someone wants to figure out how to remotely, net install woody on an a500, I can provide access to an A500. They get remote console access and access to a local server to net boot from. hth, grant > Greetings > Martin > > > [1] > http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/hppa/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#s-new-kernel > [2] > http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/hppa/release-notes/ap-kernel-upgrade-howto.en.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
