Re: Kernel Regression: Wallstreet (was Re: OldWorld ROM Macintoshes)
Hi Cedar,
On Wed, 2025-09-03 at 22:03 -0500, Cedar Maxwell wrote:
> How did you test out all these kernels? I was trying to do so by
> downloading various kernels at
> https://snapshot.debian.org/binary/linux-image-powerpc/ and installing
> them with dpkg, but since they didn't generate config files in /boot
> I'm unable to create vmlinux or initrd.img files for BootX.
You're looking at the wrong binary package. The package "linux-image-$ARCH"
is just a meta package which depends on the actual kernel package which
follows the filename format "linux-image-$ABI_VERSION-$ARCH".
Thus, search for the "linux" source package [1], select the version you want
to test and then download the corresponding "linux-image-$ABI_VERSION-powerpc"
package.
Please note that the ABI version is NOT the same thing as the upstream kernel
version. The ABI version used to codify the ABI version of the kernel which
can be the same for multiple kernel versions.
Also, please note that not every kernel version has been built for powerpc. So,
if you want to avoid clicking through snapshot versions only to release there
is no build for powerpc, look at the list of successful builds of the linux
source package on powerpc [2].
Adrian
> [1] https://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/
> [2] https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=linux&arch=powerpc
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