Re: Kernel 2.4.4 Build Probs

2001-05-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 09:15:36PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > > does yaboot need to be fixed or the kernel? a single patch to just > > fix this one flaw would be useful, so that people can use > > ftp.kernel.org again plus a single stable patch. as opposed to the > > random broken devel trees. >

Re: Kernel 2.4.4 Build Probs

2001-05-26 Thread Tom Rini
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 08:12:05PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 04:24:38PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 03:01:16PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 11:42:08PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > > > > > > Do you have kernel-patch-2.

Re: Kernel 2.4.4 Build Probs

2001-05-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 04:24:38PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 03:01:16PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 11:42:08PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > > > > Do you have kernel-patch-2.4.4-powerpc installed as well? The pristine 2.4 > > > kernel source does

Re: Kernel 2.4.4 Build Probs

2001-05-26 Thread Tom Rini
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 04:24:38PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 03:01:16PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 11:42:08PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > > > > Do you have kernel-patch-2.4.4-powerpc installed as well? The pristine 2.4 > > > kernel source does

Re: New ofpath and yabootconfig: Added devfs support, PLEASE TEST

2001-05-26 Thread Tom Rini
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:44:25PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 04:44:35PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 05:10:52PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > > > I would too. I just couldn't think of any way to do that. > > > > what about grabbing the ids and host numb

Re: Kernel 2.4.4 Build Probs

2001-05-26 Thread Tom Rini
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 03:01:16PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 11:42:08PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > > Do you have kernel-patch-2.4.4-powerpc installed as well? The pristine 2.4 > > kernel source doesn't work on PPC yet. > > how is 2.4.5 looking? it was released las

Re: Kernel 2.4.4 Build Probs

2001-05-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 11:42:08PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Do you have kernel-patch-2.4.4-powerpc installed as well? The pristine 2.4 > kernel source doesn't work on PPC yet. how is 2.4.5 looking? it was released last night. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpSSqwrZi

Re: Kernel 2.4.4 Build Probs

2001-05-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
Craige McWhirter wrote: > > Afternoon one and all. I sucked down the source for kernel 2.4.4 from > Sid last night, played with the settings via "make xconfig" then happily > ran make-kpkg until it hit this: > > ppc_ksyms.c:335: `down_read_failed' undeclared here (not in > a function) > ppc_ksyms

Re: GNUpg

2001-05-26 Thread Georg Koss
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 08:02:16AM +, Lorenzo De Vito wrote: > How can I get a copy of GNUpg for debianppc or others pgp softwares > compatible with powerpc ? With the same problem I found mine on potato a fortnight ago. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subje

Re: Debian developing

2001-05-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
Lorenzo De Vito wrote: > > Once I've a public crypted key, how can I certificate it for use as > Debian developer ? Have you looked thoroughly at http://nm.debian.org? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \

Debian developing

2001-05-26 Thread Lorenzo De Vito
Once I've a public crypted key, how can I certificate it for use as Debian developer ?

Re: devfs support in ofpath: criteria for patches

2001-05-26 Thread Michael Shuey
> you don't need devfs to get static naming. see OpenBSD.=20 I never saw static bus/ID based naming in OpenBSD, but I'll take your word for it. However, devfs is still the only way to get such naming under Linux. -- Mike Shuey

Re: devfs rants & raves

2001-05-26 Thread Michael Shuey
> Er, how does devfs do anything different with "swappable" CDs? The > CD player's device does not change with the insertion or removal of > CDs. I'm not talking about changing disks, I'm talking about swapping out CD drives. I find it extremely useful to be able to add a CD or tape drive at run

Re: Interesting "Problem"

2001-05-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
Andrew Sharp wrote: > > > I didn't think it was possible to change the resolution when you're in > > > an X environment. I don't exactly know what the resolution is that I'm > > > in to begin with, unfortunately, though I believe it's 1024x768. Is > > > there a way to tell what the current resolut

Re: devfs rants & raves

2001-05-26 Thread Chad Miller
devfs isn't a mindless new feature. It's preparation for the big changes planned for kernel 3.0, iirc. (I havent payed attention to kernel dev for a while, so I can't elaborate.) Aside from that, an immutable naming scheme for discs is quite attrac- tive, if you ever add hardware. It's _useful_

Re: devfs rants & raves

2001-05-26 Thread Andrew Sharp
Michael Shuey wrote: > > > > > But how long will that last. What I want to know is, what question > > > > was devfs an answer to? There must have been one, right? Is it a > > > > > devfs is a solution in search of a problem. > > > > that's what I thought. > > devfs is _great_. Solaris has had

Re: GNUpg

2001-05-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 08:02:16AM +, Lorenzo De Vito wrote: > How can I get a copy of GNUpg for debianppc or others pgp softwares > compatible with powerpc ? > I try to download it from debian ftp site but there was only one for > i386 architecture. echo 'deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian

GNUpg

2001-05-26 Thread Lorenzo De Vito
How can I get a copy of GNUpg for debianppc or others pgp softwares compatible with powerpc ? I try to download it from debian ftp site but there was only one for i386 architecture.

Re: devfs support in ofpath: criteria for patches

2001-05-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 01:59:33AM -0500, Michael Shuey wrote: > > > > But how long will that last. What I want to know is, what question > > > > was devfs an answer to? There must have been one, right? Is it a > > > > > devfs is a solution in search of a problem. > > > > that's what I thought

Re: devfs support in ofpath: criteria for patches

2001-05-26 Thread Michael Shuey
> > > But how long will that last. What I want to know is, what question > > > was devfs an answer to? There must have been one, right? Is it a > > > devfs is a solution in search of a problem. > > that's what I thought. devfs is _great_. Solaris has had this sort of thing (albeit with short