On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Brian Morris wrote:
> On 7/14/07, Finn Thain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Brian Morris wrote: > > > > > On 7/13/07, Joel Ewy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'd like to try Etch-m68k. The machine I'd like to use is a > > > > Quadra 630 with a 1.1G IDE drive and 54M RAM. > > > > > says avoid composite modules. Each has 36 chips: > > > > Digital Equipment Corp part no. 54-24123-AA > > 64MB EDO ECC 60NS 72 PIN SIMM 16MX36 > > mine are supplied via an apple-only vendor (we love macs) and they don't > have so many chips but they are still only recommended for 630 or 605 > AFAIK. maybe you saved a few $ though ... Well, they were cheap (2nd hand on ebay) and I think I'll be able to use both anyway (though they are too tall for the LC or Q605 cases). ... > I remember having a problem with my disk that the 630 would not shut > down, rather it would hang, and i had to reboot into macos. that you > fixed in the 2.6.20 kernel, that was broken in the 2.6.18. You are right. I forgot about that -- one patch was revised. Avoid 2.6.18 on macs with IDE and ethernet. > I never used any thing other than the kernels you i get from debian. > then there were some more patches from christian and yourself including > some scsi helps, right ? (even though the 630 used ide hd, it does have > a scsi bus too and I use both myself). I think SCSI behaviour may have improved as a side-effect of the IRQ patches, but only in as much as probing devices may be more reliable. If you never saw a crash during the boot-up SCSI probe, you probably won't notice any difference at all. (I never really understood what that was about...) > FYI, i was looking at changelogs both debian and mainline the other day, > trying to figure out where/ if your patches are included, I am not sure > if you are gettting credit where due, I saw gert/roman in the mainline > and christian in the debian but i did not see your name, I know you have > been working hard and helping the macs a lot, I hope those guys at least > throw you a "thanks" in the notes if they are not too busy, even > belatedly. I appreciate the thought :-) As far as due credit goes, the changelogs in the mainline kernel are quite sufficient. > any way I am planning to build a 22 for myself, but not sure when. like > I said, etch will be going to 22, in update, anyway. 20 is ok on my > 630, better than 18, i am running 20 now (or 21 ? no has to be 20). Good to hear. -f > imho best thing for joel is grab whatever latest kernel is on unstable > for 68k, try that... it should work with dependencies from etch > > 20 is really the current kernel. For instance I saw it today on a > kubuntu freshly installed (intel of course), stock system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
