Re: Newer kernels on the Jensen (was: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce and

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ports.alpha,gmane.linux.debian.ports.alpha
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Ulrich!

On 9/26/21 19:12, Ulrich Teichert wrote:
>> On 9/26/21 13:35, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>> This can be fixed, either by updating the kernel module package lists
>>> or adding a missing firmware package - if needed.
>>
>> OK, the problem is that the Alpha kernel in Debian is currently being built
>> without ISA and EISA support. I will fix that for the next kernel upload.
> 
> Nice! I think I found out what my main problem is: my bootloader setup.
> I copied the kernel from the CD-ROM (boot/vmlinuz), which booted, to my
> hard drive - where it did not boot at all! Perhaps a newer aboot is needed
> for newer kernels?

That might be possible but I'm not sure whether there are any limitations with
a-boot in this regard. Either way, you helped me find another kernel configuration
issue in Debian that I am going to fix, so thanks for that.

Adrian

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