On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 08:35:26AM +0100, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > another data point: chrp appears to have problems with the new gcc. > No, it isn't gcc2.95, it is the kernel, the 2.2.x one. 2.3.x will > boot, but the curent kernel versions are so buggy with so many > compile errors :-((
> > using franz sirl's gcc 2.95.2 (0h), 2.2.12 (specifically, cort's 19990903 > > snapshot) fails to boot on the ibm f50 i'm using. Do you have any images you would be willing to share that *do* boot? I'm not sure who wrote the original mail... I have a 2.3... 5? I think, that does work, from the guys at Yellow Dog. > f50 is chrp, good to know. Yep. I've got one too. > > it gets stuck after printing "instantiating rtas... done" but before it > > manages to initialize the framebuffer. Yes, it exits prom_init, and then dies somewhere. Where, precisely, i have no idea. > Yes, something from OF -> linux is broken. Cort mentioned that, but then said he had something that would work? He gave me a couple of pointers to images, but they are too big for the floppies I have to use to boot. Ciao, -- David N. Welton ( Circa mea pectora [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) multa sunt suspiria http://www.efn.org/~davidw ( de tua pulchritudine debian.org + prosa.it ) que me ledunt misere
