Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.
On Aug 20, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Sven Luther wrote:
The plan is that in the year or so upto the etch release, we will trim
down
the 2.6 kernel to miboot-size, free miboot or find a better solution,
and fix
the miboot+2.6 worked once in oldenbourg 2004 and never since problem.
Removing the legacy stuff will only encourage us to work on the real
fix :)
Good luck on that.
Keep in mind that the *next* kernel will be even bigger. Sooner or
later, even the fully modularized minimum configuration isn't going fit
on a single floppy.
If you plan to rewrite miboot in the next 12 months, maybe that would
be a good time to think about an architecture that eliminates the need
for having the latest kernel on the floppy. Perhaps the first-stage
boot-loader loads a second-stage boot-loader from the floppy in the
form of a sub-miniature OS -- It really just needs to be capable of
communicating with the console. Then use the console to ask the user
where to get the full kernel-plus-modules from. The sub-min OS will
need to have available driver-modules for
CD/network/zip-disk/hard-disk/thumb-drive/tape/anything-you-can-
imaging-loading-a-kernel-from, but those driver-modules don't have to
be on the original boot floppy. Some kind of embedded-Linux would seem
to be a good starting place.
I'm sad to say that I don't have the time to help with this.
I'm on the cusp myself. As a working sysadmin, I've just about decided
that the OldWorld architecture is not worth supporting any more. Over
time I'm planning to replace all my production OldWorld machines either
with more modern (NewWorld) G3 and G4 desksides, retreaded as servers,
or with Mac minis in applications that don't require the expandability
of a PCI slot.
I've enjoyed working with you on sarge, and I'd like to continue to
help out where I can make a contribution. I'll probably hang onto a
couple of OldWorld machines so I can help out with testing the etch
stuff, but I don't plan on using it (etch on OldWorld) in production.
I'll be fully converted to NewWorld before etch is ready.
Rick
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