Re: UltraSPARC T3 kernel patches
From: Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:39:04 +0000
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 07:23:28PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote:
>> Thanks. I've built a test source package including all necessary
>> patches and a test build is running now. Ben tells me, however, that
>> 3.0.2 which includes all these patches and fixes is expected to come
>> out on Monday, and will be uploaded to unstable shortly after that, so
>> I don't think it makes sense to commit them as a separate patch set
>> anymore.
>
> It took a while, but the daily installer images [0] now include a
> kernel which should support Niagara T3. David, if you could try it out
> and report your findings, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I would like to use this opportunity to thank Ben and the rest of the
> kernel team for their efforts on making installer udebs built directly
> from Debian kernel package source. That means that in the future new
> kernels will be available in the daily installer builds pretty much
> immediately after the new Debian kernel package is uploaded.
>
> [0] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
These won't install on my T3 because of a lack of the mpt2sas driver
which is needed to see the onboard disks.
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