From: "Alex Deucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:02:29 -0500
> On 3/7/07, David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "Alex Deucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:47:41 -0500 > > > > > On 3/7/07, David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: "Alex Deucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:55:53 -0500 > > > > > > > > > Gentoo seems to be carrying this patch: > > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-sparc&m=110314220200915&w=2 > > > > > > > > > > I'm going to try and see if that is indeed what fixes the issue. If > > > > > so perhaps it should go upstream? > > > > > > > > That code he is changing doesn't even exist in the tree any > > > > longer. > > > > > > > > > > d'oh! well, It still seems to be in 2.6.17, FWIW. Any ideas on the > > > newer kernels? > > > > The newer kernels elimintated that code because the strings are computed > > differently. > > > > Anyways, let's start backwards, have you tested 2.6.20 by chance? It > > should be easy for you to build test kernels out of the vanilla tree. > > This could simply be a bug that has been fixed long since these older > > distribution kernels. > > > > No not yet. what's the best way to do that? Can I just point the > netboot to a kernel image? You untar the vanilla 2.6.20 kernel source tree, you configure the kernel, you build it, then you install the modules and the kernel image. Someone I suppose can help you if you can't figure out how to do this yourself. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
