Re: quick (probably stupid) kernel deb question
Hi,
Dean Hamstead writes:
> im currently running the deb'd kernel 2.4.25-powerpc-pmac
> on my clamshell ibook (g3 366)
>
> im definately looking at installing a 2.6.6 package
You need kernel-image-2.6.6-powerpc. You should probably install
kernel-image-powerpc, which will keep track of future releases.
> im curious as to what power3, power4 and the seemingly vanilla
> powerpc packages.
This refers to specific processor chips. The Power3 was never built
into a Mac, they are exclusively found in IBM RS/6000 boxen. A
variant of the Power4, the IBM 970, is built into Apple's new PowerMac
G5. The flavour called powerpc actually supports a wide range of
different 32bit PowerPC processors (60x, 7xx, 74xx), hence the vanilla
name.
> the package details dont seem to elaborte. maybe thats some
> constructive critisism on the packages.
It is, but it comes a bit late. Revision 2.6.6-5 contains
descriptions, and is already uploaded. Since it also adds the
above-mentioned tracker packages, it's stuck in the new queue and may
take some time to reach unstable. You can read the descriptions at
<URL:http://www.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~jens/kernel-patch-powe
rpc/kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.6-2.6.6/debian/control>, though.
Regards, Jens.
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