Re: Kernel 2.4.2 - does this work on PPC?


Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.2 - does this work on PPC?
From: Hollis R Blanchard (hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Sat Mar 17 2001 - 00:54:17 MST


On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 minfrin@sharp.fm wrote:

> Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
>
> > This means you're using the kernel.org sources. Don't.
> >
> > Please see http://www.penguinppc.org/usr/kernel.shtml and
> > http://www.penguinppc.org/dev/kernel.shtml
>
> The 2.4.3pre2 tree that I pulled down yesterday is broken - there are a
> whole lot of missing symbols reported by depmod. Is the 2.4-bk tree any
> different?

Probably. I assume by "2.4.3pre2 tree" you mean Paul's tree?

> Is there a stable version of the Linux kernel out there anywhere for
> PPC? I've tried a number of the 2.2.x prerelease kernels for PPC, and
> all of them are unreliable, which is part of the reason I am trying out
> v2.4.x.

2.2.19preX should be entirely stable. 2.4.X will not be for some time (but
depending on your usage could work acceptably).

-Hollis



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