Re: sparc port? glibc? help?
Anders Hammarquist <iko@netg.se> writes:
> > They are listed in the package headers, I assume they are still
> > around, but I haven't heard much from them recently.
> Actually, we're only listed in the package headers of those packages that
> are sparc-specific - for the others you need to go looking through the
> archives of debian-devel-changes. Anyway, I suspect that the reason for
> debian-sparc being quiet lately is that a lot of people tend to go on
> vacation this time of year (I know that Eric is away). Also, some are
> involved in getting the i386 release out the door.
> > Sparc Debian doesn't work on my SS20. The kernel in the tftpboot
> > image doesn't boot, and it doesn't work with the 2.1.93 kernel that I
> > have been using for months. I suspect the problem is related to the
> > beta glibc-2.1.x that is used on Debian Sparc. I spent many hours
> > building a newer release of glibc (2.0.94), which segfaults with
> > everything (I suspect everyting needs to be recompiled with the new
> > library - the dynamic loader does work).
> It may be that the pagesize fix we have hasn't made it upstream yet, libc
> thinking that the pagesize is 8k when it is really 4k has that effect.
I applied all of the patches that were in the current Debian package
(one change was rejected and had to be made by hand). Is this patch
included in the current Debian package?
Is this stuff (the 8k pagesize fix) discussed anywhere? I haven't
subscribed to the glibc mailing list because it says "no lurkers". (I
currently am on debian-sparc, redhat-sparc, sparc-linux and ultra-linux.)
> > (The quickest way to fix Debian would be to switch to the non-beta
> > glibc from UltraPenguin 1.0.9 and Red Hat 5.1 and recompile
> > _everything_.)
> We discussed this when the back-port of sparc support to glibc2.0 first
> appeared and decided not to go that way. I think it was the right thing to
> do, as there really aren't any major problems with glibc anymore.
Ok. Has anyone gotten the current Debian Sparc system to work with
recent kernels?
Steve
dunham@cps.msu.edu
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