On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 17:57, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes: > > > The current CDs won't boot a G5 with the -power4 option. The > > problem is that the kernel contains legacy drivers (8250 serial, > > etc...) that are fine for IBM POWER4 hardware, but will lockup a > > G5. You really need different kernel images for now. > > What do you mean by `current'? This problem should have been sorted > out already by removing the drivers from the kernel, despite the fact > that some IBM power4 boxen may need a serial console, but what the > heck.
Which is why you need 2 kernel images on the CD. By current, I mean whatever sarge boot CD a co-worker of mine built 2 days ago ;) Ben.
