Re: A few Decstation questions.

[Len Sorensen <lsorense@opengraphics.com>]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:01:32PM +0200, Karsten Merker wrote:
> The /240 is definitely faster - higher CPU clock and double TurboChannel
> clock rate compared with a /133. Main problem with X is currently that X
> itself works, but the keyboard support is broken in X. Thiemo has been
> working on a modified keyboard driver, but the last one I tried did not work
> on my box. Thiemo, any news on this?

Hmm, so keyboard works in console, but not X?

> It was made against against an early CVS snaphot of 2.4.19. 

So probably close enough.

> The current patch is against the Debian kernel-source-2.4.19-5 package.
> Excerpt from the changelog:
> 
> kernel-patch-2.4.19-mips (2.4.19-0.020911.6) unstable; urgency=low
> 
>   * first round of getting R3K to work with glibc 2.3.1
>   * rediff against 2.4.19-5
>   * Karsten:
>     - added fix/modified driver for the PMAD-AA TurboChannel ethernet
>       board and the DECstation 5000/200 onboard ethernet interface
>       (fixes non-working ethernet on DECstation 5000/200 and
>       on systems that have both onboard ethernet and a PMAD-AA card)

Well I fell stupid for not looking for a kernel-source package.

And it also mentions the 2.3.1 problem.  I wonder if it is fixed.

Thanks.

Len Sorensen