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Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125



On Fri, 2002-02-22 17:37:56 +0100, Karsten Merker <karsten@excalibur.cologne.de>
wrote in message <[🔎] 20020222173756.A507@excalibur.cologne.de>:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 05:43:48PM +0100, Karsten Merker wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 03:46:57PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > > Well, I've now compiled my own kernel (linux_2_4) with the toolchain I
> > > found on oss.sgi.com. It's quite _a lot_ more stable now. Maybe the
> > > boot-floppy guys would like to use a different kernel for boot-up?
> > 
> > I have looked through the Linux/MIPS cvs logs - Ralf has done
> > modifications to the R3k cache handling a few days ago. I am 
> > currently building a current cvs kernel and will build new 
> > boot-floppies with it.
> 
> A recompile of 3.0.19 with a current Linux/MIPS cvs snapshot is available
> for testing at
> ftp://bolugftp.uni-bonn.de/pub/mipsel-linux/woody-bootfloppies/bf-3.0.19-recompile-unofficial
> This is mostly untested due to time constraints on my part (I have only
> booted it and tried whether the menu works on a 5000/150). Could you try
> it on your R3k machines?

It *will* fail. R3k needs a little patch to
./include/asm-mips/pgtable.h to successfully handle swap access.
Otherwise, the kernel will Oops in seconds:-(

MfG, JBG

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