> > Yeah, removed cpufreq and powerbook support for now. > > BTW, you don't recommend it, but would it still be ok for using > debian-installer ? > > The idea is to do the initial installation with 2.4, as there is not yet > framework for 2.6 kernels, and then, in stage 2 of the installation, > install a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel, user choice.
I never had any problem installing with a 2.6 kernel ;) (Using old installer, installing woody minimal first, then upgrading to sid) > Anyway, now that i have the 2.4.25 package out, i will be doing a 2.6.3 > kernel. > > BTW, i only built a SMP version of the -power4 kernel. Do you think this > is ok, as i believe most power4 boxes are/will be SMP ones. How big is > the performance hit on single processor using the SMP kernel ? I haven't measured, it's probably significant though. There are some UP G5s, I don't know how many of those though. > /me wonders if i could get a fast G5 box sponsored, since it took me > two damn days to get these kernels built on my 1GHz G4 :). Dunno :) Ben.
