Re: Minimal powerpc kernel, miboot users please test (Was Re: modularized powerpc kernel)
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:44:38AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
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> Sven Luther schrieb:
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> >On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 09:01:25PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
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> >>On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 05:14:21AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
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> >>>"Chris Tillman" <toff1@cox.net> writes:
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> >>Ah. I tried using a floppy ramdisk with the regular image, and it did
> >>load it up. But Sven's image still didn't work. It prompts for the
> >>floppy disk, but doesn't continue after I press Enter. I seem to
> >>remember a similar problem cropping up with 2.2.17, when powerpc was a
> >>young'n. Maybe something to do with the adb keyboard?
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> >Well, another problem could be that the initrd is broken, like seems to
> >be the case with the initrd i built the other day from Gowsin's tree.
> >And i guess you need to build the initrd with the right modules or
> >something. Gaudenz can you comment on this ?
> I will try:
> ADB: The config I sent Sven supports ADB keyboards through the "input
> core" (and sends linux keycodes). This works on my powerbook g4. Altough
> I don't have this special prompt, because I'm not booting from a floppy.
> Does the kernel detect your keyboard in the boot messages?
> I would be very happy if the kernel just boots, loads a initrd and
> starts a process to show that it basically works. For the installer to
> work really with this new kernel we need new modules-udebs, as sven said.
> Sven: what's the kernel version (uname -r) of this kernel. Is it still
> 2.4.22-powerpc? If that's the case the old modules should work. (But
Yep, altough i doubt they work. I have mixed feeling about modules not
especially built for the kernel they run with. But i don't fully
understand this matters.
> probably not all modules are on the initrd, because there's no udeb for
> them :-( ).
And it will have to wait until we can build proper udebs.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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