Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 09:07:40 +0200 From: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> Message-ID: <20010930090740.A30167@suse.de> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] which 2.4 kernel?
On Sat, Sep 29, Gregory Ade wrote:
> > Even if you get 2.4.10 compiled as SMP kernel for 32bit SPARC: It will
> > not work.
>
> Are there any efforts to get 2.4.x to work on the 32-bit systems? Quite
> honestly, it's a little disappointing to hear. I'd help if i knew anything
> about kernel hacking. =)
It doesn't look like there are 32-bit SPARC kernel hackers in the moment.
> > > The SS5 has 128MB ram, 170mhz processor, runnign SuSE 7.1/sparc with the
> > ^^^^^^
> > Bad idea. The SS5-170MHz is known to have problems and is official not
> > supported by the kernel hackers. If you have luck it works.
>
> Hmm. Where is this documented, if anywhere? If i had known this about a
> year ago when I bought this system, I might have gone for a 100MHz version
> instead. Is there anywhere that documents what or why the 170MHz models
> are problematic, and/or what the problems tend to be?
It is at least documented on the web pages from SuSE and Red Hat
about their SPARC distribution. I don't know about Howtos and other
sides in the moment.
Thorsten
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