On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:28:12 PST, Jurij Smakov writes: >linux-image-2.6.18-4-sparc64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-9_sparc.deb > >This kernel is likely to become the final kernel version for etch, so >it is important to give it as much testing as possible at that point. >If you have a chance, take it for a spin on all machines you have >access to, and report the problems, if any. I installed this on an up-to-date Etch U1 (sun4u), and it boots until it'd like to mount the root-filesystem. Which fails, and if I'm not mistaken, because it hasn't loaded any SCSI-drivers (esp in the case of my U1). So I threw in yaird, which actually loaded scsi_mod, but still no esp, so I had to explicitly set "MODULE esp" in yairds config so that it would actually load esp and could go on booting. But this is probably a bug in mkinitrd/yaird instead of with the kernel-image (though mkinitrd worked ok with 2.6.8-2-sparc64). Anyway it should be fixed (or get a mention in the release notes) before a lot of U1 users are surprised. Otherwise, the 2.6.18 image seems to behave itself so far. cheers, &rw -- -- It is possible to watch Enterprise without buying the pyjamas. -- - Paul Mc Auley
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