On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:44:32PM -0600, Grant Grundler wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 04:50:02PM -0300, Kurt Fitzner wrote: > > Being a great fan of HPPA (these machines just last forever) I have the > > opportunity to pick up a cheap C8000. I noticed a few notes about > > instability of Linux with PA8800/8900. The most up-to-date reference I > > could find, though, was for kernel 2.6.22. Is instability on this > > platform still a problem? If it is, does anyone have a sense on whether > > or not this is likely to be resolved? > > 2.6.33 appears to still have one open issue but seems to work for most stuff. > > Note that C8000 is *different* than the chip sets most other folks > are using (Astro/Elroy) but should essentially be the same as rp3440 > machines being used to test/develop latest kernel releases. > > > On a separate note, I remember when HPPA was in jeopardy for Lenny that > > people were then saying forget about HPPA for Squeeze. However, I note > > that HPPA is still on the architectures list, albeit with a few weak > > spots. Is it likely that we'll see HPPA officially in Squeeze? > > My understanding is as long as Carlos (and any other porters who > help) keep showing progress on open bugs, it will remain included. > It is still skating on thin ice though in terms of meeting all the > inclusion criteria (stable buildd, publicly accessible DD machines, etc). > Anyone is welcome to correct me if I've missed something.
That ice is quite a bit thicker - in fact, I think I saw some kids playing hockey on it earlier. We have 3 buildds and a porter box that have been quite stable, and we've been keeping up w/ builds steadily for months now. The biggest issues I know of are hppa-specific bugs: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/[email protected];which=tag&data=hppa&archive=no I suspect a good chunk of them could be root caused back to the vfork issue (e.g. everything that uses waf as a build system). -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
