Re: updated kernel problem
On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 02:18:33AM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > 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.
Please see the following post, before claiming nobody ever mentioned it:
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:53:10 +0300 (EEST)
From: Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi>
To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: kernel compiling problems on iMac CRT
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