Hi Finn, On 2/20/16 7:09 PM, Finn Thain wrote:
> Hi Stan, > > Linux v2.2 has many known bugs that have been fixed in v2.6 or v3. I would > advise that you avoid old kernels. Yes, I'm trying to compile a later kernel... prefereably 3.19.8... >> I read that there's an effort to restart Debian support for mac68k after >> Debian 3.1, but I haven't found much information about it. >> > > There is no Debian port for Apple Mac 68k hardware as such. There is a > Debian port for the m68k architecture, which covers hardware from Apollo, > Apple, Atari, Commodore, NeXT, Sun etc. Debian/m68k is actively developed. > Please see https://wiki.debian.org/M68k Some of the links on that page are broken; such as "http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/etch-m68k/"; I am interested in helping with the project and would be happy to help with testing... > If you want to build your own kernels, I suggest you obtain a cross > toolchain from kernel.org: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/ I will check on cross compilers... Taking a week to compile a kernel is pretty slow... > The scsi stability issues can be resolved with the right patches. A > timekeeping issue suggests high timer interrupt latency. If this problem > affects recent kernels, we could look into it. If you are willing to test > a recent kernel binary, I'd be happy to build one for you. Yes, I'd be happy to test a kernel binary, please also include a .config file, so I could try compiling it as well. thanks for your help -Stan
