Re: updated kernel problem
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 02:18:33AM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Ole-Egil Hvitmyren wrote:
>
> > Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> >
> > >I have yet to see hardware-specific kernels on PPC, but I think it would be nice
> > >to have at least some pre-built kernels for the iMac and also the iBook models.
> > >
> > >kernel-image-2.4.21-imac would be really nice and save users a lot of guesswork.
> >
> > *cough* I think the phrase "I have yet to see hardware-specific kernels
> > on PPC" could do with some more thought ;-)
> >
> > I have 3 PowerPC machines running Debian, none of them are from Apple,
> > and they need very hardware-specific kernels to work (two are PReP and
> > one is an AmigaOne). I suspect you're only thinking of Apple hardware
> > when you're saying PPC, and frankly I don't like people who do that.
> > It's like the people who "support all platforms", aka MacOS and Windows.
>
> I'm quite aware that several people run linuxppc on Amiga and IBM hardware.
> However, judging by the flood of posts from various PowerBook and iMac users
> lately, I'm starting to think that pre-compiled kernels for those hardware
> configuration would be a time-saver for many users.
The issue is not configuration, but patches. To the best of my
knowledge the "powerpc" configuration in the kernel image package boots
on all Macintoshes that that kernel supports. But the newest and
latest require different sources.
And no one ever reported bugs to the contrary, which is about all I
have to say about that - if you don't tell maintainers, don't expect it
fixed.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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