Re: which 2.2 kernel for sparc ?
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 04:03:57AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
>
> > I would say the 2.2.12 kernel since 2.2.11 saw a huge sparc sync.
>
> >From what I've heard this sounds right. 2.2.12 is probably going to
> be release wide, if we do a stable update (what I call Debian 2.1.1).
>
> > As far as compilers
> > I would suggest the gcc-2.95.1 for the sparc32 compiler. Right now egcs64 does good
> > for sparc64 kernels, but some parts (notably qlogic and 3c* drivers) don't compile,
> > and possible other parts as well.
>
> Do you mean egcs64 from stable?
>
> Does it raise issues to use a potato compiler to compile the kernel
> for a slink update? I guess the kernel is pretty stand-alone, so it
> would technically work, but I don't like it due to the boot-strapping
> issues (i.e., how would a Sun4u user recompile their kernel on a slink
> box?).
The egcs64 from potato is what I am refering to. It has several fixes over the
slink version.
Ben
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