Re: HELP 2.4 booting on a serial console (resend)

[Andrew Sharp <andy@netfall.com>]

Jonathan Amery wrote:
> 
> In article <[🔎] 011b01c172ac$9b91ce90$74295787@FR0016LTLECROAR> you write:
> >Ok,
> >
> >I go for 2.2.20, but still can't
> >
> >2) - get raid stuff work, at least with 2.2.20 kernel shipped with potato
> >Debian distrib (when I'll come to have stock 2.2.20 run , I may try :)
> >
>  Right - I've just been talking to the linux-raid people about raid on
> sparc (if you search for my name on their archive then it'll come up),
> the conclusion being that:
> 
>  a) raid in the stock 2.2.X kernels won't work on sparc
>  b) there are patches to make it (probably) work, but they haven't
>     been heavily tested.
>  c) patched 2.2.X raid systems won't be forwards compatible with 2.4.X
>  d) 2.4.X raid stuff should work.

That's of no or little use if you're on a sparc32 system.

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