Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 01:00:52PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: >> Which is why you should be running 2.6 kernels on your powerpc box. The >> 2.4 kernels are largely abandoned by upstream powerpc developers, and are >> not the default on powerpc in debian anymore. Especially for largely >> uncommon situations like highmem and smp kernels, the latest 2.6 kernels >> are your safest bet. > > If we're discontining support for 2.4.x kernels on PowerPC, then we should > stop shipping packages for them. > > Otherwise, support them. > > Moreover, I doubt highmem+SMP configurations are all that rare, > particularly on recent hardware. > I have a highmem + SMP setup (Umax S900) but dont use the kernel-images. But dont stop 2.4 kernel-packages because its the only way to boot if you use quik on an oldworld. 2.6 only works with BootX.
Bye chris.
