Re: Please test sparc32 kernel

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

Jurij Smakov wrote:
> 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

I have installed it, it seems to work. I will tell you more in a few days.

Note however that I was using the unstable sparc32 kernel for weeks 
without any problem, even with high load. I mean for example building a 
few glibc on it.

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