On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 12:24:45PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 06:24:19PM -0800, shyamal wrote: > > > > "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Sven> We worked out some missing patches in the debian kernel for > > Sven> support of newer kernels with benh, well, benh sent me the > > Sven> needed patches, and i added it to the debian upcoming > > > > Hi Sven, > > > > Thanks for the update. I'll be happy to assist in testing if you need > > a volunteer with a PowerMac7,3 dual G5. I'm looking forward to > > testing the new d-i for my final installation. > > Can you try booting the standalone kernel at : > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/power4-newerg5-test-kernel > > It will not work, since it has no modules, but i want to know if it passes the > earlier blocking step. > > > I debootstrap'ed a Debian install on my G5 yesterday using a Gentoo > > livecd, and I could run Sarge in a chroot so I could work on a patch > > myself. Paddy de Burca gave me the confirmation that the problem was > > related to the 970FX on the PowerMac7.3 platform of my new hardware. > > Benh said the same. > > > So, though you've probably got it all from benh, here is what is > > working for me right now. This is a patch against the clean Debian > > 2.6.8-10 kernel source package, which I then compiled with > > kernel-package using the debian 2.6.8-10 kernel and 2.6.8-6 powerpc > > patches using the power4-smp config (after fighting off #220389 in > > kernel-package for a whole afternoon, but that is a different story). > > > > I'm sure you will recognize each patch (I think all three are from > > benh) so I'm not describing them. > > Arg, i forgot one part of them, thanks for sending me this.
Ah, no, it just was in another dpatch. Please test the kernel above, and report back. Friendly, Sven Luther
