Kernel 2.4 on sparc-32

From: Witvliet, Hans (Hans.Witvliet@Alcatel.nl)
Date: Mon May 28 2001 - 01:25:22 PDT

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From: "Witvliet, Hans" <Hans.Witvliet@Alcatel.nl>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 10:25:22 +0200
Subject: Kernel 2.4 on sparc-32

    Yesterday i read some disturbing news:

    Someone, running 2.2.19 on a sun4M-machine had troubles with compiling a
    2.4 kernel.
    The reply he got, was that sparc32 was broken in the kernel and that on-one
    was looking after the code
    as in: there is no maintainer anymore...........

    I knew from several lists, that spar32 code in 2.4 kernels is said to be
    unstable (my reason to stick with 2.2.x), but completely unmaintained is the
    other end of the spectrum.

    Is this rumour really true?

    Hans

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Richard E. Robbins [SMTP:RERobbins@iTinker.net]
    > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 3:05 AM
    > To: suse-sparc@suse.com
    > Subject: [suse-sparc] SuSE Sparc 7.1 and Kernel 2.4 on a dual
    > processor Sparc 20
    >
    > I'm going to do a fresh install of SuSE Sparc 7.1 on a dual processor
    > Sparc
    > 20 and was wondering if there is any reason to avoid using Kernel 2.4.
    > For
    > what it is worth, I'll bw uaing the CheapBytes CDs.
    >
    > Your thoughts will, as always, be greatly appreciated.
    >
    > -- Rich

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