Re: Custom Kernel - 32-bit or 64-bit?

2011-04-08 Thread Stan Hoeppner
A E [Gmail] put forth on 4/8/2011 10:58 AM: > #> time nice fakeroot make-kpkg --subarch=sun4u --arch_in_name > --revision=2.6.32-5-Cust001 --initrd kernel_image > The question is, if I allowed it to slap on the arch in name automatically > and it ended up calling it 'sparc', does that mean it's c

Custom Kernel - 32-bit or 64-bit?

2011-04-08 Thread A E [Gmail]
Hello All, I've made a first attempt at trying to change some config of the stock kernel for squeeze on sparc64. Went through the instructions found somewhere on the net and on the debian wiki, and have ended up with a kernel package. Command used was: #> time nice fakeroot make-kpkg --subarch=su

Re: kernel 32

2009-11-26 Thread Colin
Celejar wrote: FTR, b43 has been in mainline for a while already - it's not new to .32. Yes, but those drivers don't work at all. I always get "DMA Errors" whenever I try and use them. The version in 2.6.32 /should/ fix this problem and a lot more. As of rc8, these errors have not been f

Re: kernel 32

2009-11-25 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 17:04, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:54:48 -0500 > Colin wrote: > >> Mark Allums wrote: >> > My question is, Will kernel 2.6.32 make it into Squeeze, and secondary >> > to that, what does it offer that might make it compelling to me that >> > 2.6.31 doesn't have

Re: kernel 32

2009-11-25 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:54:48 -0500 Colin wrote: > Mark Allums wrote: > > My question is, Will kernel 2.6.32 make it into Squeeze, and secondary > > to that, what does it offer that might make it compelling to me that > > 2.6.31 doesn't have (especially what is there that would tend to make me

Re: kernel 32

2009-11-25 Thread Colin
Mark Allums wrote: My question is, Will kernel 2.6.32 make it into Squeeze, and secondary to that, what does it offer that might make it compelling to me that 2.6.31 doesn't have (especially what is there that would tend to make me want to update/upgrade now, rather than later)? Yes, 2.6.32 w

kernel 32

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Allums
It appears that the release of kernel 2.6.32 is imminent, and is even now being imported into Sid. My question is, Will kernel 2.6.32 make it into Squeeze, and secondary to that, what does it offer that might make it compelling to me that 2.6.31 doesn't have (especially what is there that woul

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/03/08 01:33, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-12-02 23:06 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: But now I notice that audio in Flash stutters a *lot*. (I did, though, upgrade from .25 to .26 at the same time. Maybe that's the problem?) To figure that out, build a 32-bit variant of the .26 kernel and/o

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-12-02 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-02 23:06 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: > But now I notice that audio in Flash stutters a *lot*. > > (I did, though, upgrade from .25 to .26 at the same time. Maybe > that's the problem?) To figure that out, build a 32-bit variant of the .26 kernel and/or a 64-bit .25 kernel. Sven -- T

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-12-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/01/08 11:14, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/01/08 02:01, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-12-01 02:17 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: $ grep IA32_EMULATION .config # CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION is not set So your kernel cannot execute 32-bit binaries which is a "small" problem since all the userland is 32-bi

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-12-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/01/08 02:01, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-12-01 02:17 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: $ grep IA32_EMULATION .config # CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION is not set So your kernel cannot execute 32-bit binaries which is a "small" problem since all the userland is 32-bit. Guess not... Does this mean that

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-12-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-01 02:17 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: > $ grep IA32_EMULATION .config > # CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION is not set So your kernel cannot execute 32-bit binaries which is a "small" problem since all the userland is 32-bit. > Guess not... > > Does this mean that "make menuconfig" also needs ARCH=x

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-11-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/30/08 15:52, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-11-29 20:22 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: On 11/13/08 04:50, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-11-13 11:38 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: I set the subarch to Opteron and, based on what I found in lkml using Google, did: # make clean # ARCH=x86_64 make menuco

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-11-30 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-11-29 20:22 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/13/08 04:50, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2008-11-13 11:38 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >>> I set the subarch to Opteron and, based on what I found in lkml using >>> Google, did: >>> >>> # make clean >>> # ARCH=x86_64 make menuconfig >>> # make >>

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-11-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/13/08 04:50, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-11-13 11:38 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: I set the subarch to Opteron and, based on what I found in lkml using Google, did: # make clean # ARCH=x86_64 make menuconfig # make # make modules_install Still 32 bit. Do I have to do this, too? # ARCH=x86

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-11-13 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-11-13 11:38 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: > I set the subarch to Opteron and, based on what I found in lkml using > Google, did: > > # make clean > # ARCH=x86_64 make menuconfig > # make > # make modules_install > > Still 32 bit. Do I have to do this, too? > # ARCH=x86_64 make Yes, this is n

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland

2008-11-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On 10/15/08 00:21, Rich Healey wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 10/14/08 23:14, Rich Healey wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 10/14/08 22:37, Rich Healey wrote: [snip] I'd disagree. 32bit + 64bit kernel is always a good idea, and 64 bit How do you do that? Just install the amd64 kernel and reboot?

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland (was Re: old dos and win3.1 games on Debian Etch amd64)

2008-10-14 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 10/14/08 23:14, Rich Healey wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 10/14/08 22:37, Rich Healey wrote: >>> [snip] I'd disagree. 32bit + 64bit kernel is always a good idea, and 64 bit >>> How do you do that? Just install the am

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland (was Re: old dos and win3.1 games on Debian Etch amd64)

2008-10-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On 10/14/08 23:14, Rich Healey wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 10/14/08 22:37, Rich Healey wrote: [snip] I'd disagree. 32bit + 64bit kernel is always a good idea, and 64 bit How do you do that? Just install the amd64 kernel and reboot? Yup :) Very simple, addresses a lot of problems. In produ

Re: 64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland (was Re: old dos and win3.1 games on Debian Etch amd64)

2008-10-14 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 10/14/08 22:37, Rich Healey wrote: > [snip] >> I'd disagree. 32bit + 64bit kernel is always a good idea, and 64 bit > > How do you do that? Just install the amd64 kernel and reboot? > Yup :) Very simple, addresses a lot of p

64 bit kernel, 32-bit userland (was Re: old dos and win3.1 games on Debian Etch amd64)

2008-10-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On 10/14/08 22:37, Rich Healey wrote: [snip] I'd disagree. 32bit + 64bit kernel is always a good idea, and 64 bit How do you do that? Just install the amd64 kernel and reboot? -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in troubl