Re: Bug#279491: No disk detected on an IBM RS6000 7043-260 (sym53c8xx driver)
On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 12:13:24PM +0900, Horms wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 11:28:47AM +0200, Ralph wrote:
> > Hello !
> >
> > I'm new to this list, I'm Ralph from Germany.
> > I'm running into the same problem with sym53c8xx on my 7043-260.
> >
> > > i can now boot fine the machine with kernel-image-2.6.8-power3-smp version
> > > 2.6.8-6. if i use kernel-image-2.6.8-power3 version 2.6.8-6 i get problem
> > > with the symbios controller. i attached the full log of the UP kernel and
> > a
> > > piece of the log of the working SMP kernel.
> >
> >
> > Could you be so kind and provide that smp-kernel binary to me.
> > I cannot build my own one, because i don't have a unix system yet
> > and want to make the 7043-260 the one.
>
> Hi,
>
> The 2.6.8-6 version of this package is no longer supported.
> If you really want to find it, try http://snapshot.debian.net/
>
> The latst version of this package is 2.6.8-12 which is available
> in the Debian Archive mirrors.
>
> e.g. http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8/
>
> There are also newer upstream kernel versions available for power pc,
> 2.6.11, and 2.6.12. They are also available in the Debian Archive
> mirrors.
>
> e.g.:
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.11/
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/
Notice that :
1) the d-i images doesn't use the -smp kernels.
2) the 2.6.8 kernels need an initrd, which is probably only buildable from an
installed system.
3) the 2.6.12 have dropped support for ppc64 (power3 and power4) subarches,
until the toolchain guys get their act together and finally build the ppc64
biarch toolchain we can use.
4) in any case, the new ppc64 kernels will be SMP only, i am dropping the
uniprocessor flavour on them.
5) i built (have not done yet, but will do post 2.6.12-2), d-i images, altough
the fact that the .udebs are not in the archive make them more or less
none-usable.
Ralph, in any case, you will want the -pseries kernel on your hardware, the
other options being -pseries-power4 which is power4 optimized, and
-iseries-legacy, for pre-power5 iseries.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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