On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 08:26:21PM +0200, Christian Leimer wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 01:00:52PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > >> Which is why you should be running 2.6 kernels on your powerpc box. The > >> 2.4 kernels are largely abandoned by upstream powerpc developers, and are > >> not the default on powerpc in debian anymore. Especially for largely > >> uncommon situations like highmem and smp kernels, the latest 2.6 kernels > >> are your safest bet. > > > > If we're discontining support for 2.4.x kernels on PowerPC, then we should > > stop shipping packages for them. > > > > Otherwise, support them. > > > > Moreover, I doubt highmem+SMP configurations are all that rare, > > particularly on recent hardware. > > > I have a highmem + SMP setup (Umax S900) but dont use the kernel-images. > But dont stop 2.4 kernel-packages because its the only way to boot if you > use quik on an oldworld. 2.6 only works with BootX.
Well, actually, the only reason is the initrd. We could make a 2.6 non-initrd kernel flavour for powerpc, which would solve those problems. I bet Jens would be vetoing any such moves though. Friendly, Sven Luther
