Subject: Re: kernel sources for alpha? (Re: Not detecting SCSI drive)
From: Peter S Galbraith (GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca)
Date: Wed Sep 15 1999 - 06:53:59 PDT
Thanks for the replies. So my choices are:
1- Try 2.0.36, simply changing ARCH=alpha in the Makefile after
configuration?
2- After installing a minimal slink, do a dist-upgrade to potato
and try 2.2.12? (Probably easier than find all slink
packages I'd have to upgrade in order to run 2.2.12)
It that it? Number one sounds easy as a first shot.
Thanks,
Peter
Paul Slootman wrote:
> On Tue 14 Sep 1999, Phil Oleson wrote:
> >
> > > Also, I want to try recompiling a kernel for this beast, so I got
> > > kernel-source-2.0.36 off the CD. Under system type, it lets me
> > > choose between the usual 386, 486, Pentium, etc. No alpha
> > > listed. I know on Red Hat the sources are patched and I can even
> > > select LX164. What do I do on Debian? No alpha-patched sources?
> >
> > Just grab a 2.2 kernel from ftp.kernel.org (or a local mirror)
> > the 2.0 kernels needed a patch set for the alpha. Different people
>
> Hmm, I never patched my 2.0.36 kernel sources when compiling for my
> XLT (apart from the line in the Makefile which defines the architecture,
> i.e. ARCH=alpha), and that kernel worked just fine. Perhaps it has to do
> with which type of alpha system you have? E.g. 2.2.11 didn't work for me
> with a symbios 53c810a, while the problem was fixed in 2.2.11 for other
> alpha's...
>
> > on the list have had diff opinions on which rev of the 2.2 works the
> > best. I've had decent luck on my cabriolet on most of the revsions,
> > and am currently running 2.2.12 just fine. Have Fun.
>
> I haven't heard anyone complain about 2.2.12? Which is what I'm using
> myself right now...
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