On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > >I have an DEC alpha SX164 which is a 21164PC and should require > >the cpml-ev5. When running the apt-get install the dialog tells > >me that I should be using the cpml-ev6. I tell it to install > >anyway and the install aborts trying to configure the cpml-ev5. > > > The CPML packages come with a little program called /usr/sbin/implver, > which is used to determine the CPU type, written by Falk Hueffner to > correct just this type of problem (http://bugs.debian.org/96332). Can > you send me the output of that program on your machine? > > I'm again CCing debian-alpha, because I really don't understand the full > details of /proc/cpuinfo entries nor exactly how implver works.
I'm positive that you should not be using cpml-ev6, as it's impossible for an SX to have an EV6 in it (PCA56 only) :-) I'd be curious also to see the output of implver. By any chance are you using firmware other than SRM? C
