Re: Bug#23143: make-kpkg fails on Alpha
On Saturday, 6 Jun, Wes Bauske wrote:
>
> I'm not an expert but milo is used only on ARC/Alphabios consoles.
> Something called aboot is used for SRM. Also, you use bsd-labeled
> disks for SRM and leave some blank space at the front of the disk
> to use for the boot image from what I've read.
MILO can be used with SRM as well, just like aboot (and then must be
written onto the very beginning of the disk).
> I read somewhere that
> the correct thing to do for Linux was to have unique PAL code
> for each architecture and not mess with machine types in the
> kernel source. Unfortunately, that isn't done and I don't know
> if anyone is working on it. That would mean milo would have to
> be smarter too and load the proper PAL code.
PALcode has to be platform dependent anyway. What the kernel could do is
detect the system type and adjust itself accordingly on startup, and, if
I remember correctly, there was a patch for that written by Richard
Henderson. I don't know why it is not incorporated; may be, it's still
under development or Richard has dropped it.
Nikita
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