> I am attempting to > use 2.4.17 on a SPARCstation 5 (85MHz) (sun4m) with 192MB of RAM. > > On attempting to boot the kernel I get the following message; > > SILO boot: > PROMLIB: obio_ranges 1 > bootmem_init: Scan sp_banks, > init_bootmem(spfn[41ad],bpfn[4a1d],mlpfn[c000])
Where did you get the kernel from and what did you compile it with (compiler, binutils, modutils)? The late 2.4 kernels (17, 18-pre) look pretty good here on sun4m. Ben is right that sparc patches are expected to appear on vger cvs earlier than the mainstream kernel. Ingo
