On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Kolbj?rn Barmen wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, mike wrote: > > > I tried to boot 2.6.29 or whatever... It was so slow compared to 2.4 i > > donno what to say, except its crap. Not a surprise if gcc produces > > crappier and crappier 68k binaries anyway. Why the hell isnt freescale > > on top of this? Fuck damn they should be on top of this and the > > 68050/70 the natami is trying out, and bloody include talent like Carl > > S and Dave H that know what the heck the 68k, electronics, and the > > amiga is about.... > > For what it's worth - my m68k systems runs current linux kernel, 2.6.30, > compiled with gcc 4.2.4 just fine, and I have not see any slow-down, > apart from obvious things in bootup, like initiating udev, creating > nodes and similar things that have nothing to do with kernel itself. I > also make sure to compile my kernels with only the modules that makes > sense for the hardware I run it on. What happened to devtmpfs I wonder. > My systems are one A1200 with Blizzard 1230III (030+...@50mhz) and 32MB > RAM, one A1200 with Blizzard 1260 (0...@50mhz) and 64MB RAM, and one Mac > Quadra 910 (0...@25mhz) with 64MB RAM. Oh and my build box, Aranym with a > 0...@100-180mhz depending on host at bootup, and for the time being, > 256MB RAM (allthough, it is down ATM, fixing filesystem disaster after I > somehow managed to launch aranym twice on same disk image :P) Can't file locking prevent that? Sounds like a bug... Finn > > The A1200 with Blizz1230III has been running more or less non-stop since > 1997 with only a break now and then when moving between locations, being > installed into new tower solutions, and infrequent kernel updates, > > I dont use debian though, I use gentoo since it gives me a tool > (portage) to build packages the way I want them, stripped where needed, > bloated for the things I care about. Almost everything is buildt -Os. > > So, in the end, I'm not so sure that what you complain about is for > real. > > -- kolla > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in > the body of a message to [email protected] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
