Re: SPARCstation 5 (sun4m) and 2.4.17 on Debian 2.2r4
> I am attempting to
> use 2.4.17 on a SPARCstation 5 (85MHz) (sun4m) with 192MB of RAM.
>
> On attempting to boot the kernel I get the following message;
>
> SILO boot:
> PROMLIB: obio_ranges 1
> bootmem_init: Scan sp_banks,
> init_bootmem(spfn[41ad],bpfn[4a1d],mlpfn[c000])
Where did you get the kernel from and what did you compile it with
(compiler, binutils, modutils)? The late 2.4 kernels (17, 18-pre) look
pretty good here on sun4m. Ben is right that sparc patches are expected to
appear on vger cvs earlier than the mainstream kernel.
Ingo
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