Re: Power Mac 6100/66

[Ernest Demaret <ernest.demaret@infinity-box.nl>]

Op 14-sep-05 om 11:28 heeft Sven Luther het volgende geschreven:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:35:29AM +0200, Ernest Demaret wrote:
> > Op 14-sep-05 om 9:54 heeft Sven Luther het volgende geschreven: 
> >
> > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 08:41:52AM +0200, Ernest Demaret wrote: 
> > >
> > > > Op 13-sep-05 om 18:09 heeft Sven Luther het volgende geschreven:  
> > > >
> > > > > kernel-source-2.4.27 and kernel-patch-2.4.27-nubus should do 
> > > > > the  
> > > > > trick.  
> > > >
> > > > I tried that but couldn't get the kernel properly patched.  
> > > > What can cause the kernel to be patched on one machine and not on 
> > > > the  
> > > > other?  
> > >
> > > Ah, maybe horms broke them while doing secutiry updates, in this 
> > > case, you 
> > > should file a bug report. 
> > >
> > > How do you do the patching anyway ? 
> >
> > I do the patching as I found described on the web: 
> > > From the kernel-source directory "zcat <patch> | patch -p0 
> > It works but I get a lot of error messages along the way. 
> > Files the patch can't find and such. 
>
> and what do you patch ? The debian kernel sources ? the upstream sources ? 
> Which version of them.

Debian kernel-source 2.4.27-10. What's an upstream source?

> > I'm not a programmer but a user who likes to experiment and try things 
> > so I have to rely on what I find in manuals and howto's in the web. 
> > It's a hobby and I learn on the way. 
>
> The more reason to try out the debian package, and provide a bug report if it
> doesn't work, so more knowledgeable people can try fixing them.
>
> > > > > > Is it possible to identify the developer of a kernel? He 
> > > > > > might be  
> > > > > > able   
> > > > > > to provide the tree from which my kernel is made of (which is 
> > > > > >
> > > > > > stable as   
> > > > > > far as I've experienced).   
> > > > >
> > > > > No idea, but i doubt it is meaningfull to go hunting after a 
> > > > > the  
> > > > > history of a  
> > > > > given binary kernel, it is more constructive to start from the  
> > > > > existing source  
> > > > > code in the debian kernel. Did you try the sarge -nubus kernel 
> > > > > at  
> > > > > all ?   
> > > >
> > > > As far as I know the 2.4.27 kernel is the highest version for a  
> > > > 8100/110.  
> > > > I haven't tried that, but if you think it might work I'll give it 
> > > > a  
> > > > try.  
> > >
> > > Please do, and file a bug report if it does not. 
> >
> > I found no sarge nubus-kernel at debian.org so there's not much to try. 
> > Any idea where to find it? I'd be glad to try and test a sarge 
> > nubus-kernel. 
>
> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.27-nubus 
>
> Sure, you need a running system, and at least sarge apt sources, but hey.

The system runs allright. How do I know if my apt-sources are sarge? I run a testing distribution.
If I compile the 2.4.27-nubus kernel with sarge apt-sources I get a 2.6.8 nubus-kernel?

Regards,

Ernest Demaret