On 08/25/2018 04:10 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Aug 24, 2018, at 9:26 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
On 08/24/2018 09:31 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
I just loaded the latest Debian-ports powerpc64 installer on a PowerMac
dual-core G5 that I had lying around.
Have a look around for something called
Now, the question is: Why? What has changed between 4.16 and 4.17 that makes
this necessary? And, is it a bug or a feature?
To finally get back to you about this "windfarm" business I can tell you
that an out-of-the-box build of the latest stable kernel results in all
the expected
Why would I want to through out working computers and replace them with
new ones, just because the new ones happen to be little endian?
I have no such desire.
I have ppc64 and arm7 boxes laying about for experimental reasons as
well as educational reasons.
Dennis
On 08/26/2018 02:15 PM, Linux User #330250 wrote:
What is this tool that is missing?
A working device-to-ofpath translator.
Thanks, but why use ofpath when GRUB2 core.elf can figure that out all
by itself without the use of open firmware stuff? Just use the UUID of
the partition where the
Hi!
On 8/26/18 2:15 PM, Linux User #330250 wrote:
> Thanks, but why use ofpath when GRUB2 core.elf can figure that out all
> by itself without the use of open firmware stuff? Just use the UUID of
> the partition where the second main GRUB2 is installed, and use the
> first GRUB2 only as the first
Am 26.08.18 um 14:07 schrieb Frank Scheiner:
> On 08/26/2018 01:35 PM, Linux User #330250 wrote:
>> Am 26.08.18 um 12:48 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
>>> One of the most pressing problems on Debian powerpc/ppc64 is
>>> the deprecation of Yaboot. Yaboot is completely unmaintained these
>>>
On 08/26/2018 01:35 PM, Linux User #330250 wrote:
Am 26.08.18 um 12:48 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
One of the most pressing problems on Debian powerpc/ppc64 is
the deprecation of Yaboot. Yaboot is completely unmaintained these days and
should
have been replaced with GRUB long time ago.
Am 26.08.18 um 13:38 schrieb Dennis Clarke:
> There is a branch of computer hobby game playing which is
> more or less similar to the job description of a museum curator. Only of
> far less significance. I still have a DEC AlphaSERVER tucked away in the
> back of a warehouse and if I were to drag
On 08/26/2018 07:08 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 8/26/18 1:06 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
Everyone knows that we are more or less doing retro-computing here ...
Thank you for giving it a name. Retro-computing. Very cute.
Are you being sarcastic?
Not at all. Not in the least.
Am 26.08.18 um 12:48 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
> One of the most pressing problems on Debian powerpc/ppc64 is
> the deprecation of Yaboot. Yaboot is completely unmaintained these days and
> should
> have been replaced with GRUB long time ago. If you install Debian
> powerpc/ppc64 on
>
On 8/26/18 1:06 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>
>> Everyone knows that we are more or less doing retro-computing here ...
>
> Thank you for giving it a name. Retro-computing. Very cute.
Are you being sarcastic?
--
.''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
: :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org
> Everyone knows that we are more or less doing retro-computing here ...
Thank you for giving it a name. Retro-computing. Very cute.
dc
On 8/26/18 12:51 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>
>> Again, too much ranting. If you think all is lost and putting efforts
>> in Debian Ports is pointless, you're in the wrong forum.
>
> Efforts in debian ports isn't pointless. One should make a distinction
> between working with a platform with a
Again, too much ranting. If you think all is lost and putting efforts
in Debian Ports is pointless, you're in the wrong forum.
Efforts in debian ports isn't pointless. One should make a distinction
between working with a platform with a future and a platform from the past.
Dennis
On 8/26/18 7:51 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> The pre 4.x kernel “i2c_powermac” fix came from an old email on this list — I
> don’t remember who it was from. It seemed to be common knowledge on the list
> at the time — common enough that making the module built-in with the 4.x
> powerpc64 kernels
On 8/26/18 10:53 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> The real problem is that we are running a dead platform. At the very
> least it is being walked up to the hangmans platform. The world seems
> to want little endian everywhere and ppc64el on at least POWER8 hardware
> is a firm requirement for Debian.
Make sure you build initrd with
MODULES=dep
and not "all" modules
via /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/* or in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
as well CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=n in kernel config.
I usually trim down the config to the minimal and then merely throw
"make modules_install" after
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 4:35 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> On 08/25/2018 06:41 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> nix# pwd
> /boot
> nix# ls -lapb
> total 533676
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 26 01:26 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Oct 22 2017 ../
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4091837 Mar 20
rbthomas@kmac:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported
clock : 2000.00MHz
revision: 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300)
processor : 1
cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported
clock : 2000.00MHz
revision: 3.0
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