Hi, peter fuerst wrote: > sorry, obviously forgot to "tar" with the "-h" option. The kernel patch-set > is now repackaged with README and .config (same location). I wonder, why no > one noticed their missing since Oct 17... Heh, I wondered that myself... Anyways, it's fixed now. :-) > For exactness' sake: the patches are based on linux-2.6.14-rc2-mipscvs-20050925 > Maybe .config will enable compiling, the error-messages seem to point > to a misconfiguration, since the compiler didn't touch any of the patched > files yet. I did try using the linux-2.6.14-rc2 tag out of git (repository as of 20051204; I didn't bother going to bleeding edge), but found I got the same errors. The problems disappeared, however, when I tried 2.6.14-rc1... this seems to work just fine. > indigo ~ # uname -a > Linux indigo 2.6.14-rc1-ip28 #4 Sat Dec 10 18:26:46 EST 2005 mips64 R10000 V2.5 FPU V0.0 SGI Indigo2 GNU/Linux > indigo ~ # uptime > 21:49:13 up 3:21, 3 users, load average: 2.63, 1.38, 0.71 The only glitch I've hit so far, is that booting via the local framebuffer (okay, I know it isn't a true "framebuffer") causes a fatal oops. However, if I specify console=ttyS0,9600, I see a flashing cursor on the framebuffer, and the bootup proceeds to completion on the serial console. Which is good news... it wasn't long ago when I recall merely sneezing in front of the machine was enough to send it spiralling into a fatal oops. > There's still a problem with the Xserver: often, when starting up the Xserver > first after a cold boot, it likes to hang (in a loop, waiting for "dmabusy" > to settle down, either in the kernel-driver or the Xserver itself, when > re-mmapping the dma-buffer). Usually, after a reset the Xserver works okay. > I couldn't find a solution for this yet, but otherwise (;-) i easily (can) use > the machine for regular work (no more hangs after the Xserver started up once). As I say... this Linux port has really bounded ahead in the time I've had this IP28 of mine... considering the hardware issues that have to be worked around. :-) X is my next step... for the moment though, I'm happy to be able to use a real monitor, and not a serial console. :-) -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter) .'''. Gentoo Linux/MIPS Cobalt and Docs Developer '.'` : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'.' http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter :.'
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