>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 06:32:53PM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >> > The ThinkPad works fine. Is there a known problem with the dhcp package >> >> > or is this really evidence that different kernel config options are >> >> > used on the two architectures? If the latter is this intentional and >> >> > why? >> >> >> >> dhcp works fine with a kernel that supports it. As you say, the Debian i >386 >> >> kernel has it, the Debian pmac kernel doesn't. Why? Got me! >> > >> >Exactly what is needed? File a bug on kernel-image-2.2.17-pmac, >> >please. >> >> Okay, I'm in the process of submitting a bug and I realized I do not >> actually have kernel-image-2.2.17-pmac installed. I have whatever kernel >> is installed by the boot floppies. Does this mean I should >> >> 1. Submit the bug against kernel-image-2.2.17-pmac? >> 2. First install kernel-image-2.2.17-pmac, test again and then submit a bug? >> 3. Submit the bug against boot-floppies or some other package? > >4. See what bugs have already been submitted vs. kernel-image-2.2.17-pmac by >visiting http://bugs.debian.org/ and determine whether it's best to submit a n >ew >bug, send a new message to an old bug (e.g. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]), or >not >do anything because your problem is described completely by an existing bug. > >Note: the index by package name seems to be a touch slow to update. If you se >arch >for bug 72503 by number, it's there, but by package it's not. This is the bug > I >just submitted earlier in response to this thread. > >If you decide to submit a new bug, proceed with either 1 or 2 above, the only >disadvantage of 1 is that it will list the installed version as N/A.
I think your bug report is sufficient. I'll install the kernel-image just to make sure it does not fix the problem and then I'll build a kernel with your supplied patch to make sure it fixes the problem. >It might be worth submitting a wishlist bug against boot-floppies requesting t >hat >it register the installed kernel and modules with dpkg. The implementation mi >ght >be tricky, but it would make it easier to bug report against the installed ker >nel, >and to remove it, so it's worth asking for. Skimming the list of bugs against >boot-floppies doesn't turn up anything obvious. Do you want to do this or sho >uld >I? I'll open the wishlist bug against boot-floppies. Thanks for the advice. -- Dwayne Grant McConnell work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PowerPC Linux Team home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Technology Center notes: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
