On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 08:52:23AM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > > > > Please try this kernel > > > > http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/linux-image/linux-image-2.6.17-2-mac_2.6.17-6.1_m68k.deb > > Yeah, it seems we just gained some time. About one year so... I don't follow... > Nevertheless, it would be good to receive some feedback on the mac > kernel. There was an upload planned for tomorrow, if I knew the changes > were ok, I would commit them. My mac is still busy building packages, > maybe I can test it there during the weekend. > > Another mac related question, the machine was unresponsive yesterday, I > had thousands of eth0 timed out messages. I guess the MACE ethernet driver bug is still alive and well :-/ > I assume if I could have reloaded the network driver, I could have > avoided the reboot. Is there any reason why we can not have the network > drivers as modules instead of built-in? I don't see why they can't be modular. > The initrd does not work, it is a little more inconveniant since we have > to have the modules installed, but that is no problem with the > linux-image. Would there be any problem for the installation? IIRC macs > do not netboot, so? My kernels have built-in sonic because usually I can't be bothered installing the modules every time I build a new kernel, and if I'm working on a machine without ADB, I have to have the ethernet driver working. -f > > Christian > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
