Hello Steve, the network driver is "depca" the SCSI is aha1740. I have tried to compile a new kernel with CONFIG_ALPHA_JENSEN=y (on a running 5.0) but the compile process failed with:
CC arch/alpha/kernel/module.o CC arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.o CC arch/alpha/kernel/sys_jensen.o CC arch/alpha/kernel/pci-noop.o arch/alpha/kernel/pci-noop.c:113: error: redefinition of âpci_alloc_consistentâ include/asm/pci.h:83: error: previous definition of âpci_alloc_consistentâ was here make[2]: *** [arch/alpha/kernel/pci-noop.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.26' make: *** [debian/stamp/build/kernel] Error 2 I have applied two small patches to the kernel source according to http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4088/ Just waiting the compile to finish. (It has passed pci-noop.c already). Included direct support for aha1740 and depca (not modules). I will try to update the kernel on the install cd and will inform you if it is working with the newly compiled kernel. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Steve Langasek <[email protected]> wrote: > reassign 515826 linux-2.6 > thanks > > Hi Istvan, > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 09:22:16PM +0100, Istvan Gyenes wrote: > > > Boot method: CD > > Image version: debian-500-alpha-netinst.iso > > > Date: 2009.02.17 17:53 CET > > > Machine: Digital Alpha AXP 150 (DEC 2000 model 300 - Jensen) > > Processor: DIgital Alpha EV4 - 150 Mhz > > Memory: 128 MB > > Partitions: N/A > > > Comments/Problems: > > Trying to boot the Debian 5.0 netboot install image fails to detect CD > > and/or network card (DE422). It boots up to the install screen just fine, > > but without CD/network card support unable to install base system. (scsi > > controller- aha1742 (eisa), network card - de422 (eisa) > > Do you know what kernel drivers are supposed to be used for these devices? > possibly aha1740 for the SCSI card, but I don't have a guess as to which > driver should be used for the network card. > > Is there any attempt made to load these drivers, or are they missing from > the installer? (The aha1740 driver is present in the scsi-modules udeb, so > should be available / automatically loaded.) > > > As far as I can recall from my memory Jensen needed a special kernel > > (CONFIG_ALPHA_JENSEN=y). > > That would be a bug in the kernel's Jensen support, then. We haven't used > per-subarch kernel images for alpha in Debian for a long time (not since > they were required for MILO), and the generic kernel is expected to work on > all alphas without the need for per-subarch hacks. > > -- > Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS > Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. > Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ > [email protected] [email protected] >
