Re: Bug#364637: any other way around pmac_zilog problem? WAS: Bug#364637: I see, change in 8250.c between 2.6.15 and 2.6.16
On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Mark Hymers wrote:
> On Thu, 03, Aug, 2006 at 11:50:19PM +0200, Sven Luther spoke thus..
> > I don't believe this will work, since we have hardware who has a pc-like 8250
> > serial interface, and is powerpc, and will run the same kernel that will also
> > work on powermacs. This is why a static built-time check like you do is not
> > valid, and why the previous patch used a dynamic checked subarch variable.
> > There must be some workaround for that one, but i also believe that people
> > like benh have been working on a better solution to this. I lost sight of the
> > current state of this though.
>
> Oh, absolutely. I was mainly pointing out that people can use it if
> they have Xserves which they really need the serial ports working on.
> Of course, it occurs that if you're rebuilding the kernel you could just
> disable the 8250 driver anyways :-)
Yes, but you have to have a compatible base system installed first, in order
to build the kernel. That's fine on x86, but getting a working linux
build on an Xserve without a an installer or a preinstalled compatible
system *elsewhere* (to debootstrap from) is very difficult.
Toni
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Toni Harbaugh-Blackford harbaugh@abcc.ncifcrf.gov
System Administrator
Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC)
National Cancer Institute
Contractor - SAIC/Frederick
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