On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 14:55 -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > Given that people might be unavailable, and discussion will probably end > up spilling onto the lists anyways (someone posts the log, other people > who missed it respond or bring up certain points..), I'd recommend just > discussing it on a list. Regardless, I'll be there tomorrow.
The only significant 2.6.10/ia64 change I'm aware of wrt d-i is a change in console detection. Details are here: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/trunk/kernel/ia64/kernel-image-2.6.10-ia64-2.6.10/debian/NEWS.Debian?op=file&rev=0&sc=0 In short, code has been added to be smarter about detecting the console used by firmware. The good news: Right now we have an ELILO boot entry for each of a number of possible serial console settings, all assuming ttyS0. With console autodetection, we should be able to get away with dropping most of them. Assuming only one console path is configured in fw, the kernel will do the right thing - setting itself up to use the right serial port & baud rate. The bad news: Serial ports on various systems got renamed - if autodetection won't work, users will still need to pass console=, and this could potentially be a different tty between 2.4 & 2.6. Should we switch to 2.6.10, I'll see that this information is added to the sarge installation manual and/or release notes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
