Re: debian boot CDs & G5
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 18:25, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 05:02:51PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > Hi Sven !
> >
> > The current CDs won't boot a G5 with the -power4 option. The problem
> > is that the kernel contains legacy drivers (8250 serial, etc...) that
> > are fine for IBM POWER4 hardware, but will lockup a G5. You really need
> > different kernel images for now.
>
> Sure seems to have lots of little patches to check the ppc subarch in
> all those drivers. Any plan to get them into mainline while we're at
> it.
Yah, that's an old story. I'll see if I can get those in.
Ben.
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