Re: The time has come ...

["Jules Bean" <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>]

--On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 9:13 pm +0000 "Scott Ashcroft"
<ashcroft@mround.bt.co.uk> wrote: 

>> Christian Meder wrote:
>>
>> I tested the glibc2.1 with 2.0.35 and 2.1.125 and it works great. The ^Z 
>> problem should be fixed. 
>>
>> If you've got any problems with any of the packages please report it to 
>> the list.
> 
> I've tried 2.0.35 and I get unsupported sparc system calls 13 and 102
> messages (not really a big problem I've just patched the kernel to
> remove the messages).
> 
> With 2.1.125 the problems are more serious. The serial console is dead.
> 
> It just repeats:
> 
> zs_open ttyS0, tty overwrite.
> 
> If I type anyting an oops occurs. Everyting else is fine.
> 
> System is a SS2 with 96Mb of RAM.

Sounds like you're not using Christian's kernels?

Certainly, his 2.0.35 already has the syscall patches in.

And, I don't have any problem with his 2.1.125 on my SS2.

(How can you fit 96 M in an SS2?)

Jules

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