On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 05:00:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: >On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 03:05:00PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> with one removed for now. Nobody has yet done the kernel work to >> enable the second processor on these machines under Linux and it has >> stability issues under heavy I/O load with both plugged in. That's >> something I'm hoping to work on soon. > >Oh, well. Good luck with it, and you just volunteered for prep d-i work, which >should be ok if the kernel is. I guess we need some kind of prep-installer >which moves the kernel to the prep partition so that the machine can boot >though. Yup. I'll get into it soon, but I'm hoping to get the second CPU up first. >Is it a real prep one or a ppcbug one ? It's a real prep machine - an RS/6000 from 1997! >> The 43p-240 needs a special kernel for initial installation; I used >> the patched 2.4.19 from Leigh Brown's site at >> http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/ and a woody install, followed by a >> sarge upgrade. > >Could you try booting both 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 debian powerpc kernels on it, and >maybe provide config files, patches, whatever as bugreports so that the debian >kernels support it ? There were some prep support patches going into 2.6.8 >recently. No problem. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com Mature Sporty Personal More Innovation More Adult A Man in Dandism Powered Midship Specialty
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