Re: kernel sources for alpha? (Re: Not detecting SCSI drive)

[Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]

Thanks for the replies.  So my choices are:

 1- Try 2.0.36, simply changing ARCH=alpha in the Makefile after
    configuration? 

 2- After installing a minimal slink, do a dist-upgrade to potato
    and try 2.2.12?  (Probably easier than find all slink
    packages I'd have to upgrade in order to run 2.2.12)

It that it?  Number one sounds easy as a first shot.

Thanks,
Peter

Paul Slootman wrote:

> On Tue 14 Sep 1999, Phil Oleson wrote:
> > 
> > > Also, I want to try recompiling a kernel for this beast, so I got
> > > kernel-source-2.0.36 off the CD.  Under system type, it lets me
> > > choose between the usual 386, 486, Pentium, etc.  No alpha
> > > listed.  I know on Red Hat the sources are patched and I can even
> > > select LX164.  What do I do on Debian?  No alpha-patched sources?
> > 
> > Just grab a 2.2 kernel from ftp.kernel.org (or a local mirror)
> > the 2.0 kernels needed a patch set for the alpha.  Different people
> 
> Hmm, I never patched my 2.0.36 kernel sources when compiling for my
> XLT (apart from the line in the Makefile which defines the architecture,
> i.e. ARCH=alpha), and that kernel worked just fine. Perhaps it has to do
> with which type of alpha system you have? E.g. 2.2.11 didn't work for me
> with a symbios 53c810a, while the problem was fixed in 2.2.11 for other
> alpha's...
> 
> > on the list have had diff opinions on which rev of the 2.2 works the
> > best. I've had decent luck on my cabriolet on most of the revsions,
> > and am currently running 2.2.12 just fine.  Have Fun.
> 
> I haven't heard anyone complain about 2.2.12? Which is what I'm using
> myself right now...