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Re: [d-i] Testing daily image of d-i



On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 08:36:40PM +0100, Ingo Juergensmann wrote:
> > The current d-i daily build (2.6.17-2) doesn't boot on my Amiga 3000 (spice)
> > with the WarpEngine accel card. The reason is a kernel panic in the NCR scsi
> > driver. 
> > 
> > Kars de Jonk ported the new version of the driver (or somewhat like this)
> > last year to the new ABI/API/whatever. His kernel 2.6.14 does work great on
> > that particular box and on my A4000T (which has the same chip onboard):
> > 
> > Linux vivaldi 2.6.14-m68k-amiga #10 Thu Dec 1 21:40:17 CET 2005 m68k
> > GNU/Linux
> > 
> > This means, that at least 3 m68k buildds aren't able to run newer kernels
> > with the stock Debian kernel. I think this is bad. 
> > 
> > Kars, Christian? Can you please work on intergrating the needed patches into
> > the Debian kernel source?
> 
> If they would have been in the linx-m68k CVS, they would be in the kernel
> images now. I don't think I will have time this year to add any more m68k
> patches, so if somebody else wants to test and commit them to the debian
> linux-2.6 svn, go ahead.

OK, your mail caused me to publish my new patches (for 2.6.19) a bit earlier
than expected, so there may still be a few rough edges:

    http://linux-m68k-cvs.ubb.ca/~geert/linux-m68k-2.6.x-merging/

I started using quilt, so there's also a series file, but it's not yet in the
html index:

    http://linux-m68k-cvs.ubb.ca/~geert/linux-m68k-2.6.x-merging/series

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds



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