On 3/7/07, Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/7/07, Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/7/07, Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 3/7/07, David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > I know how to build the kernel, I just wasn't sure if anything special
> > was required to create an image that OBP could boot via the network.
> >
>
> I built 2.6.20.1 and tried to netboot it. I got the same thing
> "booting linux..." then nothing. adding -p did not provide any
> additional output.
>
I'll try again with the .aout version.
No difference with the aout version.
Alex
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