Message-ID: <3CF13A24.BAA14752@ntlworld.com> Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 20:40:20 +0100 From: Ian James <I.James@ntlworld.com> Subject: [suse-sparc] Using 2.4.18 on Ultra 1
For info
I just started using the 2.4.18 kernel from
ftp://ftp.uk.kernel.org:/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/
Build was OK except gigabit ethernet failed to build.
Reboot was OK except init hung instead of reading /etc/inittab.
I rebuilt the same version on init (2.78) from src, no changes to src
and
no changes to the Makefile and it worked fine.
The rebuilt one works on the old kernel 2.4.14 too.
The sizes of the two executables are a bit confusing though:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30632 May 26 19:08 init.new
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 502540 Oct 29 2001 init.orig
What compile option did SuSE 7.3 SPARC use to build init 15 times bigger
than it needs to be?
>Hi, only thing i know that i' was not enable to compile the 2.4 on my
sun
>sparc station 20, i' tried with different version and differente
.config file.
>I' ve find something about on ultralinux FAQ , where is mentioned that
the 32
>bit machine have some hardware problem with kernel 2.4 !
>
>
>
>On Friday 24 May 2002 06:32, you wrote:
>> Does anyone have any experience with the 2.4 kernel under development
at
>> http://aurora.linuxpower.org ? I know they are attempting to produce
a
>> Red Hat 7.3 for sparc 32, but then a working kernel should work
>> regardless of distribution. Doesn't the spirit of Open Source mean
that
>> SuSE can take advantage of their work for a SuSE 8.0 Sparc 32 ;)
>>
>> John Zbesko
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