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Re: Kernel for a sparc5...



Had you experimented some problems with ffb_*.o drivers at /usr/src/linux.../drivers/char/drm ? Yesterday I tried to compile 2.4.24 (in stable, using egcs64) and always the process stoped compiling the kernel image at this point. I couldn't find a way to solve the problem. I decided to come back to 2.4.21 that was the last I had compiled. My machine is a ultra30.

Another question: some days before, I was trying to compile a kernel in testing (gcc3.3, and so on). Using sparc32 make ARCH=sparc64 menuconfig everthing went well. But only until that. make dep, and the others in sequence don't work at all. I gave up and come back to stable. Some times what really import is that the system works, and works with confidence :^)

Regards,

A. L. Pacifico

Momo wrote:
Hi boyzs

Just have a look at http://osinvestor.com/sparc/

I run a 2.4.24 on a SS5 uniprocessor, it works very well....
I'm about to test jumping to 2.6, maybe this sunday .....

Have a nice day

Momo



On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 04:24:52PM +0100, Marco Gaiarin wrote:

I've a ss5 uniprocessor that happily runs:

	neo:~# uname -a
	Linux neo 2.2.21 #1 Wed Jul 24 14:42:52 CEST 2002 sparc unknown

from years. ;)


If i want to upgrade the kernel, it is better i go to latest 2.2, 2.4
or 2.6?!
This is my mail/dhcp/dns/... production kernel, so i don't want speed
or some exotic feature, only a kernel that run. ;)

I'd say stick with what works :)

You could go with a newer 2.2 kernel with no problem. You could try a
2.4 kernel, since they work pretty well on uni-proc sparc32's. I can't
even suggest 2.6, since I've no idea how they are working.

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