On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 07:33:33AM +0100, Thorsten Sauter wrote: > > Hi Sven, > > thanks for correcting my comments. > > * Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-10 21:37]: > | > - NewWorld PowerPC's are well supported (Apple) > | > - OldWorld PowerPC's are _not_ supported (because we need a floppy boot > | > method here) > | > | There is already a oldworld kernel in the NEW queue. It is called > | powerpc-small, and should fit with miboot on a floppy. > > a cool. this means 2.4 kernels are now working on OldWorld machines? Why > we have then this stuipid "d-i doesn't support oldworld" discussion?
Because, if i am not wrong, the kernel with it is in the NEW queue, and we only support the cdrom and net targets, not the floppy one. > | > - Pegasos is supported, if the new kernels escape from NEW (Sven?) > | > | Yep, altough i will have to redo a build because of some RTC stuff i > | have doubts about. > > cool. BTW, can you tell me if something breaks if i enable the CONFIG_RTC in addition to the CONFIG_GENERIC_RTC ? The CONFIG_GENERIC_RTC is in the general section, while the CONFIG_RTC is in the char device section. Also, i have some doubts about the devfs stuff, since despite setting the devfs=nomount option (should be the default anyway) i get devfs kind of device path somewhere, would need to test again. > | > - IBM RS/6000 machines (Chrep): should be supported, I'm working on a > | > special kernel build here at the moment. (direkt cdrom is maybe also > | > possible) > | > | Huh ? The normal kernel build should work, you just need the > | powerpc-chrp-rs6k flavor of the kernel. There is also a non-rs6k chrp > | flavor (used by the Pegasos, but also other chrps out there, i think). > > well, I have tested the kernels, which are currently in the archive > (normal or d-i) and both of those doesn't work. The machine will *not* Not the one in the NEW queue, right ? This is normal then, since they are pmac kernels, and don't contain the chrp-rs6k boot loader stuff. > boot at all. (I have used the chrp-rs6k kernels). Have you tested those > kernels on such machines? No, but some time back someone tested them for me. > | > - PReP machines are completly unsupported > | > | There is the powerpc-prep kernel, which should work. > > that's why I have written unsupported. Noone here has really tested the > images on PReP machines. The d-i cdrom's are *not* bootable on those > machines. I guess we should say here _unsupported. I think joey has a prep, and we have a prep debian machine. > | For chrp, chrp-rs6k and prep, i don't really know what support is needed > | apart from the kernel. The kernel with the same powerpc config should > | work, but you need to adjust the boot-loader wrapper. > > I'm playing here with the chrp-rs6k part. Ok, nice. chrp and chrp-rs6k are different kernels. > | Ah, i forgot, you need to embedd the initrd for some of those, but i > | have code and a package (also sitting in the NEW queue) for taking an > | initrd and embedding it in the kernel. > | > | I am not sure of the interest of embeded initrds for pmac, but they can > | be used on prep, chrp and chrp-rs6k, when not doing netboots (which can > | load the initrd from the net, if i am not wrong). > > could you please create such a kernel, which an embedded d-i initrd for > rs6-chrp machines? I would like to test it, because the only way to load Yeah sure, as soon as the kernels escape the NEW queue, i will fix linux-kernel-di so that those get auto-generated. I already have a script for doing it manually, but it needs a initrd with the right modules in it. > the ramdisk on those machines is currently by using a second floppy > disk. But this can maybe replaced by such a embedded initrd file. Yes, would be best. > | > (unsupported means here, you can simply download one of the d-i images > | > and install a system) > | > | Nope, this does not work, you need the kernel sitting in the NEW queue > | since over a month for that to happen. > > Can you put theses deb's online somewhere other, so I can download it > and testing the kernels on the rs6k? Sure, they were on gluck. I am not sure if i should re-upload them or something (takes ages though), but maybe i can just compare the md5sum to the one on my disk. I just hope i have the original still. Would be easier if some action would take place about the NEW upload though, now over a month old. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
