nate said: > Gerald V. Livingston II said: >> Is there any special info on getting a 2.4.20 kernel to compile >> under >> woody on a Sun UltraSparc-1 Creator. > > > I'm not sure how closely you track the kernel but I've read several > places that the "generic" kernel is rarely the choice for anything > other then x86. the non x86 stuff is not always in sync, doesn't > always > work etc ...that said, where did you get the sources? I would expect > the source package for whatever kernels debian has to build on the > sparc. But if your getting a kernel directly from kernel.org it may > not(without some patches). > > I don't have personal experience with linux on sparc yet, Downloading > the woody ISOs for it now and plan to install it on my ultra 1 > probably > tomorrow though. > > nate >
I'll have to check to see if there are 2.4.20 source packages for sparc. I know the kernel-image packages only go up to 2.4.19 so I had grabbed the kernel source from kernel.org. Be aware that anything less than 2.4.19 (woody installs 2.4.18) has some problems with the happy meal ethernet interface. I googled around and it seems it it a kernel problem that was solved at around 2.4.19.pre4 or so. I saw no reason to install a 2.4.19 kernel when 2.4.20 is out. Besides, I want to build a lean kernel with everything we don't need stripped out. Woody seems to have kernel-image up to 2.4.19 but kernel-source only up to 2.4.18 for sparc. Guess I'll have to look in Sarge for the kernel-source package. I'll report progress. Gerald -- Gerald http://www.phorce1.com http://www.buskatiers.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
