Please test sparc32 kernel

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

Hi,

I've been poking the current sparc32 problems a bit, and managed to come 
up with a kernel which allowed me to dist-upgrade and install KDE (over 
400 megs worth of packages) successfully on my SS20 machine. Basically, 
I've reverted an old cache coloring patch dating back to November 2004 
[0], which was introduced to replace a hack [1], fixing DMA problems on 
Hypersparc machines back then. I believe patch [0] might be causing 
problems, since I can't remember any kernel including it, which worked 
reliably on sparc32/Hypersparc.

The new 2.6.16 kernel deb is available at

http://www.wooyd.org/debian/kernels

The patch used to produce it from the linux-2.6 package (version 
2.6.16-14) is available there as well. Please test it and let me know what 
happens. If you decide to roll your own kernel using the patch, please do 
*not* use the sparc32 SMP patch (or disable SMP), so that we can have a 
clear understanding of what kind of problems this patch solves (or does 
not :-).

[0] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-sparc&m=110066231423168&w=2
[1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-sparc&m=110005632921213&w=2

Thanks,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
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