Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:38:15PM +0900, Horms wrote: > I looked at malo and voltaire, both seem to be busy, presumably > acting as buildds, and there is also the problem of installing > kernel-tree, as I don't have root. In short, if you could make a machine > available that would be most excelle

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:38:15PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 08:35:02AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > I looked at malo and voltaire, both seem to be busy, presumably > acting as buildds, and there is also the problem of installing > kernel-tree, as I don't have root. In short, if

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-13 Thread Michael
Horms wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 08:35:02AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:53:28PM +0900, Horms wrote: On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:12:39AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 05:04:20PM +0900, Horms wrote: [snip] Are there debian

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-12 Thread Horms
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 08:35:02AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:53:28PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:12:39AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 05:04:20PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > Are there debian machines

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 04:11:54PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 06:59:09AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:38:31PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 08:35:02AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > I may be able to provide a pegasos box to who

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-12 Thread Horms
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 06:59:09AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:38:31PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 08:35:02AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > I may be able to provide a pegasos box to whoever decides to take over > > > this > > > burden, but can't

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:38:31PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 08:35:02AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > I may be able to provide a pegasos box to whoever decides to take over > > this > > burden, but can't promise anything. Do you volunteer for that ? > > I am happy to buil

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-11 Thread Horms
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 08:35:02AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:53:28PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:12:39AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 05:04:20PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > Are there debian machines

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 10:32:01AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:53:28PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > Ok, I'll try and be a little more specific. Do you know of any > > machines that are available to kernel team members, or more > > generally debian developers, to do ppc buil

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-08 Thread Bastian Blank
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:53:28PM +0900, Horms wrote: > Ok, I'll try and be a little more specific. Do you know of any > machines that are available to kernel team members, or more > generally debian developers, to do ppc builds? trick.rz.uni-augsburg.de, a power5 machine, is open on request. B

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:53:28PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:12:39AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 05:04:20PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Are there debian machines that are suitable for doing such a build > > > should the need arise? It s

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-07 Thread Horms
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:12:39AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 05:04:20PM +0900, Horms wrote: [snip] > > Are there debian machines that are suitable for doing such a build > > should the need arise? It seems that if it is just a matter of running > > a build and watching

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 10:29:43PM -0700, Michael wrote: > Ok, I stand corrected. I will work with you on this. The 2.6.8 powerpc > kernel-image that I downloaded and installed would not boot a display > unless the kernel argument video=ofonly was passed. I did compile the > Debian 2.6.11 tre

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-06 Thread Michael
Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:00:52PM -0700, Michael wrote: Yes Sven you are not wrong, This is indeed an Apple Macintosh G4, so thankyou for the clarification. And I do wish I didn't have to compile my own kernel, but it seems the only solution to getting graphic No, t

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:00:52PM -0700, Michael wrote: > Yes Sven you are not wrong, This is indeed an Apple Macintosh G4, so > thankyou for the clarification. And I do wish I didn't have to compile > my own kernel, but it seems the only solution to getting graphic No, there you are wrong.

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-06 Thread Michael
Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 02:44:31PM -0700, Michael wrote: Since I am starting to compile my own kernel, and you said "you should really be using 64bit kernels" does that mean that I should compile a 64-bit kernel on my ppc? I have the Dual 450's can they even support 64bit

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 12:13:31AM +0300, Eddy Petrisor wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >Hello, > > > > [..] > > >Plans on my part for 2.6 powerpc kernels are : > > > > 1) abandonement of the ppc32 power3 and power4 kernels in favour of ppc64 > > variants. > > > > mkay, this looks bad to my eye

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-06 Thread Eddy Petrisor
Sven Luther wrote: Hello, [..] Plans on my part for 2.6 powerpc kernels are : 1) abandonement of the ppc32 power3 and power4 kernels in favour of ppc64 variants. mkay, this looks bad to my eyes. Does this mean that there is no more support for these variants in upstream, also? I have a Power

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-05 Thread Guillaume Florey
Hello, Le Lundi, 4 Avril 2005 08.41, Sven Luther a écrit : > Hello, > > It seems as the 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 kernels which are sarge release candidates > are now frozen, and will be part of sarge as is, complete with all the bugs > and problems present in them, and maybe even some security issues which

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 05:04:20PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:03:01AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 03:15:00PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 08:41:58AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > It seems as the 2.4.27

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-05 Thread Horms
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:03:01AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 03:15:00PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 08:41:58AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > It seems as the 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 kernels which are sarge release > > > candidates > > > a

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 03:15:00PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 08:41:58AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Hello, > > > > It seems as the 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 kernels which are sarge release candidates > > are now frozen, and will be part of sarge as is, complete with all the bugs > > a

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-04 Thread Horms
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 08:41:58AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Hello, > > It seems as the 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 kernels which are sarge release candidates > are now frozen, and will be part of sarge as is, complete with all the bugs > and problems present in them, and maybe even some security issues wh

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-04 Thread Sven Luther
Dropping debian-boot, as i don't think further discussion concerns them. On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 09:58:05AM +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote: > > Plans on my part for 2.6 powerpc kernels are : > > > > 1) abandonement of the ppc32 power3 and power4 kernels in favour of ppc64 > > variants. > > Fi

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-04 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 09:58 +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote: > As I said above, some embedded CPU really need different mm handling. > BookE is an abomination, and fun with the 64 bit BookE implemetations > if they come one day: they use different instruction encoding than > standard PPC64. I think

Re: sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-04 Thread Gabriel Paubert
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 08:41:58AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Hello, > > It seems as the 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 kernels which are sarge release candidates > are now frozen, and will be part of sarge as is, complete with all the bugs > and problems present in them, and maybe even some security issues wh

sarge kernel frozen (2.4.27 and 2.6.8), and plans for post-sarge powerpc kernels.

2005-04-03 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, It seems as the 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 kernels which are sarge release candidates are now frozen, and will be part of sarge as is, complete with all the bugs and problems present in them, and maybe even some security issues which will not be fixed in d-i, but only in testing/stable-security-updat