"Lennart Sorensen" <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> writes: > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:56:41PM +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> I get an answer for my questions on the debian users list: >> >> <quote> >> Yes, udev in Wheezy requires a kernel >= 2.6.32 with the accept4(2) >> syscall. At least one year ago, the Squeeze kernel did not provide this >> particular syscall on powerpc (it does on x86 though), and on my (purely >> virtual) machine udev entered an infinite loop in the initramfs. >> >> So before you upgrade your userland, I'd strongly recommend that you get >> hold of a newer kernel first, e.g. from squeeze-backports. How to boot >> it - I don't know. >> </quote> >> >> So I expect here advices how to go? > > Add to /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/ squeeze-backports main > > Then do: > > apt-get update > apt-get install linux-image-whatever-makes-sense > > Options are: > llinux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.4-powerpc - Linux 3.2 for uniprocessor 32-bit > PowerPC > linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.4-powerpc-smp - Linux 3.2 for multiprocessor > 32-bit PowerPC > linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.4-powerpc64 - Linux 3.2 for 64-bit PowerPC
I just realize by using the command 'uname -a' on that system that that I actually uses: Linux b2 2.6.39.4-4 #1 Fri Aug 19 14:41:59 CEST 2011 ppc GNU/Linux linux kernel. So I think I can go with upgrade my system following advices from here: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/release-notes/ Can I really go? -- Regards from Pal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8738tbsf5e....@gmail.com
